Showing Salazarism

A Cultural History of Early Estado Novo through Political Exhibitions (1934-1940)
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-18630-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right

Drawing on Jeffrey T. Schnapp’s conceptual framework, this book examines political exhibitions organized by the Portuguese Estado Novo between 1934 and 1940 as spaces where regimes manipulated national history to legitimize their authority, crafting myths of origin and narratives of national pride.

The Portuguese Estado Novo invested heavily in political exhibitions to consolidate its power and project a favorable image abroad, making them key instrument of propaganda and cultural diplomacy. By analysing national exhibitions and Portugal’s participation in the international fairs in Paris (1937), New York, and San Francisco (1939), it explores how the regime’s efforts to construct a shared past reinforced its consolidation and provided a unifying foundation for its internal factions. It also examines how Salazarism, navigating both missteps and successes, designed its pavilions to develop visual propaganda and a teleological narrative aimed at fostering loyalty and devotion to its core values. By bridging the local and the global, Showing Salazarism demonstrates how the Estado Novo leveraged these events to forge alliances, influence international audiences, and strengthen ties with the Portuguese diaspora – embedding its cultural strategy within the broader framework of the interwar period.

This volume fills a critical gap in the historiography of Salazar’s Portugal while offering fresh insights into the study of political exhibitions and will be of value to students and scholars alike interested in the studies of fascism and European history.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gori, Annarita

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. In Search of Historical Legitimization. Memory Policies of the Early Estado Novo 2. Dealing with a Recent Past. The 1934 Exposição Documentária da Obra da Ditadura and the 1936 Exposição Comemorativa do Ano X da Revolução Nacional  3. ‘Teaching history with beauty’. The 1937 Exposição Histórica da Ocupação  4. Timeless Nation, Modern Vision. Portugal at the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Artes e des Tecniques de Paris  5. Selling History in the World of Tomorrow. The 1939 New York World’s Fair and San Francisco Golden Gate Exhibition  6. A ‘True City of History’ The 1940 Exposição do Mundo Português

Über Autor(innen)

Annarita Gori is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon. She was a Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) Visiting Professor at Brown University and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her research focuses on cultural diplomacy, visual propaganda, and intellectual networks during Portugal’s Estado Novo regime.