Popular Culture, Identity, and Politics in Contemporary Catalonia

The edited collection examines the intersections between grassroots culture, local identities, and the politics of catalanisme and independentisme, exploring how civil mobilisation, women's participation, and identity politics have intertwined with nationalist trends. It reflects on the politicisation of culture and its role in nation-building, problematizing concepts such as inclusion, integration, authenticity, belonging, and identity.

Format: Hardback
Length: 196 pages
Publication date: 12 September 2023
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

This edited collection explores 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 mobilization, women's increasing participation in the public sphere, and issues of gentrification and heritagization 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 politicization of culture and its role in nation-building, problematising such concepts as inclusion, integration, authenticity, belonging, and identity. The introduction to this book and chapters two and three are available Open Access. Contributors include Lluís Bellas, Camila del Mármol, Manuel Delgado, Mireia Guil, Venetia Johannes, Sarai Martín López, Romina Martínez Algueró, Dorothy Noyes, Xavier Roigé, Alessandro Testa, and Mariann Vaczi.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781855664036