“The Spanish Element in Our Nationality†delves beneath the
traditional “English-only†narrative of U.S. history, using
Spain’s participation in a series of international exhibitions to
illuminate more fully the close and contested relationship between
these two countries. Written histories invariably record the
Spanish financing of Columbus’s historic voyage of 1492, but few
consider Spain’s continuing influence on the development of U.S.
national identity. In this book, M. Elizabeth Boone investigates
the reasons for this problematic memory gap by chronicling a series
of Spanish displays at international fairs. Studying the exhibition
of paintings, the construction of ephemeral architectural space,
and other manifestations of visual culture, Boone examines how
Spain sought to position itself as a contributor to U.S. national
identity, and how the United States—in comparison to other
nations in North and South America—subverted and ignored
Spain’s messages, making it possible to marginalize and
ultimately obscure Spain’s relevance to the history of the United
States. Bringing attention to the rich and understudied history of
Spanish artistic production in the United States, “The Spanish
Element in Our Nationality†recovers the “Spanishness†of
U.S. national identity and explores the means by which Americans
from Santiago to San Diego used exhibitions of Spanish art and
history to mold their own modern self-image.
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