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Catalunya, One Nation, Two States
Alexander Alland
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Description for Catalunya, One Nation, Two States
Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JHMC; JHMP; JPFN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
This book deals with the culture of Catalan resistance to assimilation, through the maintenance of the Catalan language as an expression of identity. This book argues that the Catalans also developed a series of cultural mechanisms to foster identity through intellectual and recreational pursuits, as well as through an emphasis on language.
This book deals with the culture of Catalan resistance to assimilation, through the maintenance of the Catalan language as an expression of identity. This book argues that the Catalans also developed a series of cultural mechanisms to foster identity through intellectual and recreational pursuits, as well as through an emphasis on language.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
Number of Pages
209
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403974402
SKU
V9781403974402
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About Alexander Alland
ALEXANDER ALLAND, Jr., is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Columbia University, US.
Reviews for Catalunya, One Nation, Two States
"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 ... Read more