Constructing Catalan Identity

Memory, Imagination, and the Medieval

Nonfiction, History, Reference, Historiography, European General
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Author: Michael A. Vargas ISBN: 9783319767444
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: April 23, 2018
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Michael A. Vargas
ISBN: 9783319767444
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: April 23, 2018
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

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.

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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.

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