Census, identity and colonialism in the Spanish Sahara (1950-1974). The Spanish nation's numeric imaginary
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Pablo Estévez
Abstract
This study tries to be an overlook of the diverse socio- demographic material that many Spanish colonial insti- tutions made about the "Saharawi population", in the space of time that lasted from a first increase in politi- cal and intellectual attention to the outcome of the colonial experience in what was just to be called the Spanish Sahara (a period that goes from 1950 to 1974 approximately). It will try to see how different disci- plines as well as complementary studies formed catego- ries that are used for counting the population and see them inserted not only in a scientific-demographic discourse, but connected to socio-political and geo- strategic aspects.
How to Cite
Estévez, P. (2012). Census, identity and colonialism in the Spanish Sahara (1950-1974). The Spanish nation’s numeric imaginary. Papeles De Identidad, 2012(2). https://doi.org/10.1387/pceic.12467
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Keywords
census, Western Sahara, africanism, colonial identities
Section
Research Articles
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