De historiador de la Conquista a icono de la Hispanidad: R. B. Cunninghame Graham como mediador cultural
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Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
fue uno de los mediadores culturales
más importantes entre España y Reino
Unido de finales del siglo XIX y principios
del siglo XX. Este trabajo aborda tres facetas
distintas de su labor de mediación: su
faceta como escritor de libros de historia
y relatos breves de temática hispánica, su
función de nexo social entre varias figuras
españolas y británicas, y el estatus que él
mismo llegó a adquirir en Reino Unido
como icono de una suerte de hispanidad.
El objetivo es, por un lado, aumentar nuestro
conocimiento de las dinámicas de relación
cultural que existían entre España y
Reino Unido durante la época en cuestión.
Por otro lado, obtendremos una impresión
más amplia acerca de las muchas formas en
que una persona puede ejercer la mediación
cultural entre países, al igual que las
motivaciones que pueden subyacer a esta
mediación
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham was one of the most significant intermediaries in the cultural relationships between Spain and the UK at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. This essay analyses three different aspects through which he carried out this mediating role: first, his authorship of a number of history books and short stories centred on the Spanish-speaking world; second, his role as a social nexus between a number of Spanish and British figures; third, the role he came to occupy in the United Kingdom as an icon of the Spanish-speaking world and some qualities associated with it. The aim is, on the one hand, to expand our knowledge of the dynamics of cultural exchange that existed between Spain and the United Kingdom during these years. More widely, we will observe the many ways in which one individual could mediate between two countries and their cultures, as well as the motivations he may have had for doing so
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham was one of the most significant intermediaries in the cultural relationships between Spain and the UK at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. This essay analyses three different aspects through which he carried out this mediating role: first, his authorship of a number of history books and short stories centred on the Spanish-speaking world; second, his role as a social nexus between a number of Spanish and British figures; third, the role he came to occupy in the United Kingdom as an icon of the Spanish-speaking world and some qualities associated with it. The aim is, on the one hand, to expand our knowledge of the dynamics of cultural exchange that existed between Spain and the United Kingdom during these years. More widely, we will observe the many ways in which one individual could mediate between two countries and their cultures, as well as the motivations he may have had for doing so







