This document discusses intra-group identity tensions around the notion of Spanish-ness. It explores what it means to be Spanish both within Spain and within the United States. It notes that identities can be fluid and what it means to be Spanish may differ both between Spain and the US, and even within each country, as cultural understandings of Spanish-ness are not fixed or uniform.

1. That Little Something That Doesn’t Quite Fit In:
Intra-group Identity Tensions around the Notion of Spanish-ness
AntíaG.Ben
UniversityofWisconsin-Madison

2. ‘Spanish’
Spain United States

4. On being Spanish
within
Spain

5. Castelao
Cousas da vida

6. On being Spanish
within the
United States

7. A normal day
3rd grade music class

9. fluid identities

10. Spain is different
− and Spanish-ness too

11. Thanks!

12. @antiaben

13. Copyright (c) 2014 by Antia G. Ben.This work is made available under the
Creative Commons Atribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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