Catalonia : a cultural history / Michael Eaude.

Author/creator Eaude, Michael
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxvi, 281 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesLandscapes of the imagination
Landscapes of the imagination. ^A707841
Contents Birth and rebirth of a nation -- Portbou and Montserrat : sea and mountain -- Mediterranean, the centre of the earth : Tarragona -- Romanesque Catalonia : the Pyrenees -- Glory and rapine : Poblet and Athens -- The poet-priest and the indiano : Verdaguer and Antonio López -- The Lancashire of Spain : Gaudí and Güell -- Geniuses -- Fleeing the straight and narrow : Gaudí and Reus -- The birth of modern painting : Rusiñol at Sitges, Casas and Pablo Picasso -- The terminal beach : Salvador Dalí -- Feet rooted to the red earth : Joan Miró -- I come from a silence : Catalan music -- Tourism and war -- The sweaty groin : Barcelona's Raval -- The Gothic Quarter, Barcelona -- Mass migration and mass tourism : Lloret -- Plain and river : Lleida and the Ebro -- The anarchist dream : George Orwell and revolution -- The landscape in the pot : food, drink and identity -- Cradle and refuge : FC Barcelona.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-269) and indexes.
LCCN 2007005776
ISBN9780195327977 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0195327977 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DP302.C616 E38 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold