Archived seminar
13 November 2013: Bordering on Britishness: An oral history study of identity in Gibraltar (CISC Seminar Series)
Dr Andrew Canessa
At 13:00 in 6.345.
Abstract:
Gibraltarians are regularly described as being "more British than the British" and are often represented in the media as being overwhelmingly anti-Spanish. In this talk I present the research of an ESRC-funded project in Gibraltarians' attitudes to Spain and the border that divides them, revealing that Gibraltar's residents are much less homogenous than is often supposed and that peoples' lives reveal complex and even contradictory attitudes to their Spanish neighbors.Andrew Canessa is an anthropologist in the Department of Sociology who has, for many years, worked with indigenous people in Latin America.
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