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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455581403321

Autore

Solís Fernando León

Titolo

Negotiating Spain and Catalonia [[electronic resource] ] : competing narratives of national identity / / Fernando Leon Solis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Portland, OR, : Intellect Books, 2003

ISBN

1-280-47673-7

9786610476732

1-84150-889-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Disciplina

946.083

Soggetti

National characteristics, Spanish

National characteristics, Catalan

Nationalism - Spain

Nationalism - Spain - Catalonia

Electronic books.

Catalonia (Spain) Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; About the Author / Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: FOUR DISCOURSES OF SPAIN AND CATALONIA; CHAPTER 2: THE GAME OF THE NATION; CHAPTER 3: CATALONIA: VICTIM AND REDEEMER OF SPAIN; CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a narrative study of four main discourses of national identity in Spain, with a special focus on Catalonia as disseminated in the Spanish press in the period between 1993-1996. The narrative analysis of the discourses of national identity is contained within two sections. The first deals with Spanish press coverage of the 1994 USA Football World Cup. The second section studies the process of negotiation towards a political pact between Partido Popular and Convergència I Unió after the 1996 general election. This study is not confined to the identification and description of discur