Stereotypes of Gender and Regal Marriage As Strategy of Legitimacy in Contemporary Spanish Monarchy

Authors

  • Alicia Victoria Mira Abad Universidad de Alicante

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i17.461

Keywords:

Monarchy, legitimacy, gender, estereotypes, Alfonso XIII, Victoria de Battenberg

Abstract

This study is an approach to the process of diffraction that experiences the monarchic legitimacy in touch with the new structures of the liberal State. In this way, the charismatic facet of the royal figures acquires great importance from the perspective of the representations and its perception as source of power. From Amadeo of Saboya, but specially, with Alfonso XIII and Victoria of Battemberg, the construction of gender stereotypes and its reproduction is used as an instrument destined to reinforce a legitimacy that combines tradition and modernity. Thus the royal couple turns into familiar modal and guarantee of national regeneration.
Fecha de envío / Submission Date: 2/11/2015
Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance Date: 15/01/2016

Author Biography

Alicia Victoria Mira Abad, Universidad de Alicante


Profesora Titular del Departamento de Humanidades Contemporáneas de la Universidad de Alicante. Ha trabajado en diversas líneas de investigación entre las que se encuentran los procesos de secularización y su impacto social, estudios de género centrados en la maternidad, el trabajo femenino y el exilio republicano. Actualmente está trabajando en el equipo que dirige el profesor Emilio La Parra sobre la imagen, la legitimidad y el discurso monárquico, centrada en los reinados de Amadeo de Saboya y Alfonso XIII. 

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Published

2016-07-24

Issue

No. 17 (2016): Historia Constitucional N. 17 (2016)

Section

Between XIXth and XXth Centuries

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