Constructing Catalan Identity: Memory, Imagination, and the Medieval (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319767437)

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.

Author: Michael A. Vargas
ISBN-10: 3319767437
ISBN-13: 9783319767437
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 05/04/2018
Pages: 197
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.50d