Why E.I.D?
I came with the idea of this blog in the same way I come with many ideas, just by inspiration, chance… In the evening before the commencement of this blog I had had a informal conversation with some of my classmates at Uni. Then like many times before, and especially in an international environment, the issue of Spain came again. For one of the girls (from Bulgaria) Spanish language and names sound “cool”. For my Kurd-British friend it applies the same. The day before this idea was shared, at least in regards of the names, by an English girl.
For some random reason I decided to watch the intro of one of the most beloved heroes of my childhood, Curro Jimenez, the terror of the French invaders of Spain in the Napoleonic era. I believe that there cannot be many characters who represents better the image foreigners -YOU basically, the targeted reader of this blog- can have of us. Curro Jimenez is the archetypal romantic bandit whose live beyond the Pyrenees.
But coming back to the central idea of why “Espain is different” I want to make some remarks regarding this title. “Spain is different” was the slogan of the country during the Franco’s regime which intended to project a particular image, transmitting a message of pride on the fact of its distinctiveness. In 2009 this idea seems laughable. The reason of my choice is not other that this slogan is a powerful idea that provides the perfect platform to transmit many of the ideas that are constantly coming to my mind about my own country. In addition I have to say that I added the E (of spain) in purpose for a single reason and it is not other than the incapability of Spanish people to pronounce Spain what make them (and made me) even more Spanish in a sense. Moreover this title is the perfect excuse to write in the tone I like the most: irony and sarcasm.
To see more:
‘Spain is Different’: Touring Late-Francoist Cinema with Manolo Escobar
National identities and sociopolitical changes in Latin America
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