Forschungsarbeit: Nationenbilder in der spanischen Region Kantabrien

Nationenbilder in der spanischen Region Kantabrien

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Schriften zur Kulturwissenschaft, volume 107

Hamburg , 196 pages

ISBN 978-3-8300-7805-0 (print) |ISBN 978-3-339-07805-6 (eBook)

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National symbols and images are an important aspect when describing other nations. They are not only the basis for reports in media and political statements, but influence as well the daily routine and communication between people of different origins. In this content, stereotypes and similar sociological structures play a decisive role because such complicated communities like a state can be analysed only through generalization and a reduction of the views of the others by stereotypes, clichés, prejudices, images or even hostile stereotypes.

In this context there are many scientific surveys and publications which deal with Germany and Germans, especially in comparison with neighbouring countries or former enemies in history. Neither of the two is the case regarding the relationship between Spain and Germany, and therefore there are not numerous studies available on this topic. Due to the present economic and financial crisis in Europe and the discussion about budget cuts and the search to find solutions for this difficult situation, the Spanish opinion of Germany has shifted to the centre of public interest. Following the German reunification, this became the first major challenge to the traditionally favourable relationship between both countries.

In this work the author investigates the national image of Germany in Cantabria, an autonomous region located on the northern coast. As basis for his investigation he conducted a survey in the years shortly after the German reunification. It is the purpose of this study to demonstrate how the attitude in Cantabria towards Germany and Germans changed in that historic context, or if it in fact changed at all. Furthermore, the author points out the theoretical background in researching stereotyped opinions and gives a general overview of the target region Cantabria. In the centre of the investigation stands the influence of opinions by direct secondary and primary experiences made indirectly through the media on the one hand and concrete expert knowledge on the other. Cantabria in the north of Spain can be a representative example for that situation as one discovers different clusters in the Cantabrian society attesting to the opposing influence of secondary and primary experiences in the creation of a national image.

One result of the survey confirms the fact that national images based on stereotypes and prejudices are difficult to change and that the image of Germany and Germans in Cantabria and Spain has neither changed dramatically after the German reunification nor in the course of the present economic and financial crisis in Europe.

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Hamburg , ISBN 978-3-8300-7513-4 (Print) |ISBN 978-3-339-07513-0 (eBook)