Popular Culture, Identity, and Politics in Contemporary Catalonia

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-85566-403-6
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 196 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Tamesis Studies in Popular and Digital Cultures

Grounded in ethnographic research, this edited collection examines the intersections between grassroots culture, local identities, and the politics of catalanisme and independentisme from the end of the Francoist period to the present day. Through studies of various cultural manifestations including festivals, human tower-building, gastronomy, and bull-runs, chapters explore how civil mobilisation, women's increasing participation in the public sphere, and issues of gentrification and heritagisation have intertwined with identity politics and nationalist trends. An important consideration is how a popular culture centred on sociability responded to the lockdowns and restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. More generally, the book reflects on the politicisation of culture and its role in nation-building, problematising such concepts as 'inclusion', 'integration', 'authenticity', 'belonging', and 'identity'.

Contributors: Lluís Bellas, Camila del Mármol, Manuel Delgado, Mireia Guil, Venetia Johannes, Sarai Martín López, Romina Martínez Algueró, Dorothy Noyes, Xavier Roigé, Alessandro Testa, Mariann Vaczi

Autoren/Hrsg.

Testa, Alessandro

Vaczi, Mariann

Weitere Mitwirkende

Vaczi, Mariann

Testa, Alessandro

Mármol, Camila del

Delgado, Manuel

Martínez Algueró, Romina

Martín López, Sarai

Roigé, Xavier

Guil, Mireia

Bellas, Lluís

Johannes, Venetia

Noyes, Dorothy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

List of Contributors

Introduction: Culture, Identity, and Politics in Contemporary Catalonia - Mariann Vaczi and Alessandro Testa

1: Castells, Myths, and Allegories of Nation Building - Mariann Vaczi

2: The Ritual Making of Central Catalonia 1: National Identity and the Hanging of the Donkey - Alessandro Testa

3: The Ritual Making of Central Catalonia 2: Comparses and the Dynamics of Inclusive Nationalism - Alessandro Testa

4: Reclaiming the Cathar Past: At the Crossroads between Identity Politics and Tourist Economies in Catalonia - Camila Del Mármol

5: The Heritage of the Humiliated: Popular Resistance in Defense of the "Bous" in the Lands of the Ebro - Manuel Delgado, Romina Martínez Algueró, and Sarai Martín López

6: Communities without Festivities? Community Effects, Transformations, and Conflicts after Covid-19 in Catalonia - Xavier Roigé, Mireia Guil, and Lluís Bellas

7: Bon Profit! Food as National Identity in Catalonia - Venetia Johannes

Afterword: Beneath the Nation: Collective Creation and Civic Need - Dorothy Noyes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Vaczi, Mariann
MARIANN VACZI is Assistant Professor of Basque Studies and Anthropology at the
University of Nevada, Reno.

Testa, Alessandro
ALESSANDRO TESTA is Associate Professor of Social and Historical Anthropology
at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague.

Testa, Alessandro
ALESSANDRO TESTA is Associate Professor of Social and Historical Anthropology
at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague.

Vaczi, Mariann
MARIANN VACZI is Assistant Professor of Basque Studies and Anthropology at the
University of Nevada, Reno.