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A Companion To Catalan Culture
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Author : Dominic Keown
language : en
Publisher: Tamesis Books
Release Date : 2011
A Companion To Catalan Culture written by Dominic Keown and has been published by Tamesis Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
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
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language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2018-03-28
Catalan Culture written by and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-28 with History categories.
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).
The Rise Of Catalan Identity
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Author : Pompeu Casanovas
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-05-16
The Rise Of Catalan Identity written by Pompeu Casanovas and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-16 with Philosophy categories.
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
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Author : Alessandro Testa
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2023-09-12
Popular Culture Identity And Politics In Contemporary Catalonia written by Alessandro Testa and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-12 with Social Science categories.
How does popular culture reflect and shape identity politics in the secessionist climate of contemporary Catalonia?
Catalonia
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Author : John Payne
language : en
Publisher: Five Leaves Publications
Release Date : 2009
Catalonia written by John Payne and has been published by Five Leaves Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
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.
Catalonia A Cultural History
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Author : Michael Eaude
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2011-10-12
Catalonia A Cultural History written by Michael Eaude and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-12 with Travel categories.
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.
Catalan Culture And Tradition
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Author : Kai Richardson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-02-03
Catalan Culture And Tradition written by Kai Richardson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-03 with categories.
Catalan Culture and Traditon. History Information, The people. Catalan culture has developed its own unique and universal identity over the centuries. The innovative flair, creativity, capacity to absorb different influences, co-existence and tolerance values has shaped a culture that is both national and cosmopolitan. Traditionally, art and thought trends seep into Catalonia as a result of the country's geographic location, open to the Mediterranean and European countries, and also due to the leading spirit and attraction created by Barcelona. Catalan arts exemplify this national and universal vocation. Ramon Llull, Ramon Muntaner and Joanot Martorell made valuable contributions to the consolidation of the Catalan language and European medieval literature. Jacint Verdaguer, Víctor Català and Joan Maragall, in different genres, contributed decisively to the cultural Renaissance of the 19th Century. The 20th Century was very prolific in talents that still have an extensive international dissemination: from Salvador Espriu and Josep Pla to Josep Carner, Mercè Rodoreda, Manuel de Pedrolo, Pere Calders, Jesús Moncada, Pere Gimferrer, Baltasar Porcel, Quim Monzó, Miquel de Palol and Miquel Martí i Pol.
Historical Dictionary Of The Catalans
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Author : Helena Buffery
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2010-12-18
Historical Dictionary Of The Catalans written by Helena Buffery and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-18 with History categories.
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.
Barcelona
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Author : Helena Buffery
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2014-04-15
Barcelona written by Helena Buffery and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-15 with History categories.
This fully illustrated, edited volume brings together fresh insights into the changing urban space of Barcelona from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. The volume will contribute to the excavation of the avantgarde in Barcelona, as well as its legacy in the post-war period, although its primary focus will be on the relationship between environment, identity and performance as explored by countercultural artists and communities from the 1960s to the present day.
Nourishing The Nation
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Author : Venetia Johannes
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2019-11-04
Nourishing The Nation written by Venetia Johannes and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-04 with Social Science categories.
In the early twenty-first century, nationalism has seen a surprising resurgence across the Western world. In the Catalan Autonomous Community in northeastern Spain, this resurgence has been most apparent in widespread support for Catalonia’s pro-independence movement, and the popular assertion of Catalan symbols, culture and identity in everyday life. Nourishing the Nation provides an ethnographic account of the everyday experience of national identity in Catalonia, using an essential, everyday object of consumption: food. As a crucial element of Catalan cultural life, a focus on food provides unique insight into the lived realities of Catalan nationalism, and how Catalans experience and express their national identity today.