Monsanto, Portuguese pride
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https://doi.org/10.5944/endoxa.33.2014.13561Keywords:
Portugal, Iberian history, António de Salazar, Monsanto nationalism, anthropology, fascism,Abstract
This article concerns a contest, initiated in 1938 under the fascist regime of António de Salazar, to select «the most Portuguese village in Portugal.» It demonstrates the close collaboration between professional ethnologists and the right wing government of the day. The article interprets the contest in the context of turbulent international relations, particularly as a reaction to the threat of a Spanish invasion. In the end, it was the lengthy, much-celebrated search for the most Portuguese village in Portugal, rather than the selection of a single triumphant village, that enabled the government to defend its territorial claims and assert its nationalistic goals.Downloads
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2014-01-01
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Brandes, S. (2014). Monsanto, Portuguese pride. ENDOXA, (33), 61–72. https://doi.org/10.5944/endoxa.33.2014.13561
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