Constructing Catalan Identity
Constructing Catalan Identity

Author: Michael A. Vargas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-04-23

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 3319767445

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This is a book about how Catalans use their past, real and imagined, in the construction of their present and future. Michael A. Vargas inventories the significant people, signal events, and familiar icons that constitute the Catalan collective memory, from Wilfred the Hairy and Sant Jordi to the mountain monastery of Montserrat, red peasant caps, and human towers in town squares. He then considers how that inventory is employed to posit a brilliant political heritage at the forefront of modern European democracy—and for some, to build a powerful independence movement. As the future of Catalonia remains fraught, this book offers a lively and engaging exploration of how we draw upon history to confront contemporary challenges.

The Catalan Nation and Identity Throughout History
The Catalan Nation and Identity Throughout History

Author: Àngel Casals

Publisher: Identities / Identités / Identidades

Published: 2019-12-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783034338110

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The present book is a complex approach to the elements that built the history of Catalonia. This collective book analyze differents aspects, such as: cultural history, the History of Law, the Political history or the History of the State, from the Midlle Ages to the Modern and Contemporary history.

Constructing Catalan Identity
Constructing Catalan Identity

Author: Michael A. Vargas

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2019-01-03

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 9783030095727

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This is a book about how Catalans use their past, real and imagined, in the construction of their present and future. Michael A. Vargas inventories the significant people, signal events, and familiar icons that constitute the Catalan collective memory, from Wilfred the Hairy and Sant Jordi to the mountain monastery of Montserrat, red peasant caps, and human towers in town squares. He then considers how that inventory is employed to posit a brilliant political heritage at the forefront of modern European democracy—and for some, to build a powerful independence movement. As the future of Catalonia remains fraught, this book offers a lively and engaging exploration of how we draw upon history to confront contemporary challenges.

Migration and the Construction of National Identity in Spain
Migration and the Construction of National Identity in Spain

Author: Désirée Kleiner-Liebau

Publisher: Iberoamericana Editorial

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9788484894766

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Public debate about immigrant integration has often led to a heightened awareness or even a collective redefinition of identiy. Such processes are studied through the unique example of Spain.

Identity and Nation in 21st Century Catalonia
Identity and Nation in 21st Century Catalonia

Author: Steven Byrne

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2021-08-09

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1527573605

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This volume offers an overview of the ongoing debate regarding nationalism, globalisation, secessionism and languages in 21st century Catalonia. At the heart of the book is a set of interlocking questions relating to socio-political issues in sub-state nations seeking independence in the 21st century.

Constructing Identity in Contemporary Spain
Constructing Identity in Contemporary Spain

Author: Jo Labanyi

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9780198159933

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These interdisciplinary essays focus on how cultural practices help form the Spanish identity, by introducing a range of theoretical debates and exploring specific areas of 20th century Spanish culture.

Flamenco Nation
Flamenco Nation

Author: Sandie Holguín

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

Published: 2019-06-11

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 0299321800

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How did flamenco—a song and dance form associated with both a despised ethnic minority in Spain and a region frequently derided by Spaniards—become so inexorably tied to the country’s culture? Sandie Holguín focuses on the history of the form and how reactions to the performances transformed from disgust to reverance over the course of two centuries. Holguín brings forth an important interplay between regional nationalists and image makers actively involved in building a tourist industry. Soon they realized flamenco performances could be turned into a folkloric attraction that could stimulate the economy. Tourists and Spaniards alike began to cultivate flamenco as a representation of the country's national identity. This study reveals not only how Spain designed and promoted its own symbol but also how this cultural form took on a life of its own.

The Making of Catalan Linguistic Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Times
The Making of Catalan Linguistic Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Times

Author: Vicente Lledó-Guillem

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-02-12

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 3319720805

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The historical relationship between the Catalan and Occitan languages had a definitive impact on the linguistic identity of the powerful Crown of Aragon and the emergent Spanish Empire. Drawing upon a wealth of historical documents, linguistic treatises and literary texts, this book offers fresh insights into the political and cultural forces that shaped national identities in the Iberian Peninsula and, consequently, neighboring areas of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. The innovative textual approach taken in these pages exposes the multifaceted ways in which the boundaries between the region’s most prestigious languages were contested, and demonstrates how linguistic identities were linked to ongoing struggles for political power. As the analysis reveals, the ideological construction of Occitan would play a crucial role in the construction of a unified Catalan, and Catalan would, in turn, give rise to a fervent debate around ‘Spanish’ language that has endured through the present day. This book will appeal to students and scholars of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, Hispanic linguistics, Catalan language and linguistics, anthropological linguistics, Early Modern literature and culture, and the history of the Mediterranean.

Freedom for Catalonia?
Freedom for Catalonia?

Author: John Hargreaves

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-03-23

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780521586153

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Although the fight for independence by national minorities has received much attention recently, there is no study of how globalised sport in its most advanced form can help to stimulate it. This book shows how the 1992 Olympic Games raised the tension that already existed between Catalonia and Spain, from the time they were awarded to Barcelona until they opened. John Hargreaves analyses and explains the way in which the conflict developed and eventually was resolved, in terms of the special characteristics of Catalan nationalism, the nature of the new Spanish democracy and the special role played by the International Olympic Committee. This book will be relevant to academics, researchers and postgraduates specialising in nationalism and Catalan nationalism, as well as being of interest to teachers, researchers and students of political sociology, cultural studies and sports studies, and professionals working in the fields of culture, sport, recreation and leisure.