Document Type

Contribution to Book

Language

eng

Publication Date

2017

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Source Publication

Rerouting Galician Studies: Multidisciplinary Interventions

Source ISSN

9783319657288

Abstract

This chapter offers a critical reconsideration of the theory according to which the Road of St. James (Camiño de Santiago) provides a site for ethnic identity-making capable of modernizing Galicia as a rural region. By definition, a route or itinerary—rather than a fixed site of any kind—provides a sequence of places to pass through, overlapping in an intriguing way with Marc Augé’s concept of “non-places.” Putting into a comparative perspective the measures that led to the consolidation of the Road as a trans-regional and transnational itinerary during the presidency of the conservative Partido Popular in Galicia between 1990 and 2005, the essay demonstrates that the configuration of a regional image based on a larger itinerary may respond to broader, questionable, European agendas.

Comments

Published version. "Places/Non-places: Galicia on the Road of St. James," in Rerouting Galician Studies: Multidisciplinary Interventions, edited by Benita Sampedro Vizcaya, Jose A. Losada Montero. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, {2017}: 139-150. DOI. © 2017 The Author(s). Used with permission.

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