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A Companion to Catalan Culture
Author | : Dominic Keown |
Publsiher | : Tamesis Books |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781855662278 |
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This volume attempts to equip the English-speaking reader with a fuller understanding of the uniqueness and quality of the culture of Catalonia by providing a comprehensive portfolio of the creative contribution of the nation across a broad spectrum of achievement.
Catalan Culture
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : University of Wales Press |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2018-03-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781786832023 |
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This volume presents studies of some of the key artistic manifestations in Catalonia in recent times, a period of innovation and experimentation, and addresses issues concerning literature, film, theatre and performance art. From the creation of a new popular theatre in the work of the Valencian playwright Rodolf Sirera, or the conception of landscape, myth and memory in the late work of the novelist Mercè Rodoreda and the urgency of memory and remembrance in the writings of Jordi Coca, the effects of censorship in Catalonia appear to have proved a spur and a challenge to writers. Desiring to occupy illegal spaces, performance groups have manifested both literally and metaphorically the international dimension of Catalan culture in the modern period, posed in the present volume by the instances of La Cubana and Els Joglars, and further evidenced in the cross-fertilization in the work of contemporary Catalan playwrights and filmmakers to foreground issues of national plurality and tensions arising between the periphery (Catalonia) and the centre (Spain and Castile).
Historical Dictionary of the Catalans
Author | : Helena Buffery,Elisenda Marcer |
Publsiher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 455 |
Release | : 2010-12-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780810875142 |
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In this reference, Buffery and Marcer cover all of the areas historically inhabited by the Catalan people. These are, in order of size and population: Catalonia, which accounts for over half of the population of the Catalan-speaking areas; Valencia, with over a third; the Balearic Islands with just under 8 percent; and the Catalunya Nord, the Principality of Andorra, and the Catalan-speaking areas within Aragon, Murcia, and Alghero. The Historical Dictionary of the Catalans deals not only with the people who live in Catalonia, but with the language and culture of the Catalan countries as well. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and aspects of culture, society, economy, and politics.
The Rise of Catalan Identity
Author | : Pompeu Casanovas,Montserrat Corretger,Vicent Salvador |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2019-05-16 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9783030181444 |
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This volume helps us to understand that the current political disorders in Catalonia have deep cultural roots. It focuses on the rise of Catalan cultural, national and linguistic identity in the 20th century. What is happening in Catalonia? What lies behind its political conflicts? Catalan identity has been evolving for centuries, starting in early medieval ages (11th and 12lve centuries). It is not a modern phenomenon. The emergence of imperial Spain in the 16 c. and the French Ancien Régime in the 17 c. correlates with a decline of Catalan culture, which was politically absorbed by the Spanish state after the conquest of Barcelona in 1714. However, Catalan language and culture flourished again under the stimulus of the European Romantic Nationalism movement (known as the Renaixença in Catalonia). During the first Dictatorship (Primo de Rivera, 1923-1930), the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), and the long Francoist era (1939-1975), Catalan language and culture were repressed, yet refurbished and reconstructed at the same time. This rise of a plural, complex, and non-homogeneous Catalan identity constitutes the subject matter of this volume. National conflicts that emerged later in the Spanish democratic state leant heavily on the life engagement and vital commitment experienced by the entrenched intellectual movements of the twentieth century in Catalonia, Valencian Country and the Balearic Islands. This book reveals the cultural and literary grassroots of these conflicts.
Popular Culture Identity and Politics in Contemporary Catalonia
Author | : Alessandro Testa,Mariann Vaczi |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2023-09-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781855664036 |
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How does popular culture reflect and shape identity politics in the secessionist climate of contemporary Catalonia?
Catalonia A Cultural History
Author | : Michael Eaude |
Publsiher | : Andrews UK Limited |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2011-10-12 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781908493255 |
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Squeezed between more powerful France and Spain, Catalonia has endured a violent history. Its medieval empire that conquered Naples, Sicily and Athens was crushed by Spain. Its geography, with the Pyrenees falling sharply to the rugged Costa Brava, is tormented, too. Michael Eaude traces this history and its monuments: Roman Tarragona, celebrated by the poet Martial; Greek Empuries, lost for centuries beneath the sands; medieval Romanesque architecture in the Vall de Boi churches (a World Heritage Site) and Poblet and Santes Creus monasteries. He tells the stories of several of Catalonia's great figures: Abbot Oliva, who brought Moorish learning to Europe, the ruthless mercenary, Roger de Flor, and Verdaguer, handsome poet-priest. Catalonia is famous today for its twentieth-century art. This book focuses on the revolutionary Art Nouveau buildings (including the Sagrada Familia) of Antoni Gaudi. It also explores the region's artistic legacy: the young Picasso painting Barcelona’s vibrant slums; Salvador Dali, inspired by the twisted rocks of Cap de Creus to paint his landscapes of the human mind; and Joan Miro, discovering the colours of the red earth at Montroig.
Catalonia
Author | : John Payne |
Publsiher | : Five Leaves Publications |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UCSD:31822038039038 |
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This is a comprehensive view of Catalan history and culture from its classical and medieval origins right up until 2004. Payne's personal tone brings alive highlights of Catalan history and leading personalities of its cultural life.
History of Catalonia and Its Implications for Contemporary Nationalism and Cultural Conflict
Author | : Antonio Cortijo |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2020-10 |
Genre | : Catalan language |
ISBN | : 1799866157 |
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"This book presents a detailed overview of the evolution of the Catalan identity and how Catalonia has been shaped by many geographic and cultural influences"--