Catalunya, One Nation, Two States: An Ethnographical Study of Nonviolent Resistance to Assimilation - Hardcover

Alexander Alland Jr.; Sonia Alland

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 140397439X ISBN 13: 9781403974396

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006

Synopsis

Catalan culture has a long history beginning with Guifre the Hairy, who founded the longest line of descent in medieval Europe, to the post-Franco period when Catalan autonomy was restored in 1975 under a new democratic constitution. The Catalan language, the core of Catalan culture, was banned three times in history: in 1714 by Philip the Fifth of Spain, by Primo de Rivera in the 1920’s, and by Franco in 1939 until his death. In spite of these setbacks, Catalan Culture has persisted through a strong commitment to nonviolent actions that have kept the culture alive. This book documents this resistance in two nation-states of France and Spain.

About this title

About the Author:

Alexander Alland, Jr., is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Columbia University.

Review:

“This gracefully written ethnography of two adjacent Catalan towns- one in France and one in Spain- is suffused with the often poignant voices in three languages of people on both sides of the border. Only rarely has an anthropological community study been employed so effectively to shed light on state policies, the politics of language, and macro-level processes of ethnic, regional and national identity formation.”--Marc Edelman, Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 140397439X
• ISBN 13: 9781403974396
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 209