Constructing Catalan Identity
Memory, Imagination, and the Medieval
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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Offers an accessible, engaging study of Catalonia’s medieval past and how it is used to construct cultural and political identity Appeals to students and scholars of European history, nationalism, memory studies, and medievalism Concludes with reflections on the 2017 referendum and declaration of independence
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Michael A. Vargas
Themen in »Constructing Catalan Identity«
Middle Ages Catalans Barcelona Catalonia and Castille Catalan identity Catalan autonomy Medieval Catalonia Medievalism Catalan Mediterranean Empire Medieval Barcelona Catalanism Catalan Rennaissance Renaixença Spanish history Catalan history