Catalonia
Subtitle: a cultural history
By: Michael Eaude.
Series: Landscapes of the imagination
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780195327977
Subjects: Catalonia (Spain) -- Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-269) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Birth and rebirth of a nation; title: Portbou and Montserrat : sea and mountain; title: Mediterranean, the centre of the earth : Tarragona; title: Romanesque Catalonia : the Pyrenees; title: Glory and rapine : Poblet and Athens; title: The poet-priest and the indiano : Verdaguer and Antonio López; title: The Lancashire of Spain : Gaudí and Güell; title: Geniuses; title: Fleeing the straight and narrow : Gaudí and Reus; title: The birth of modern painting : Rusiñol at Sitges, Casas and Pablo Picasso; title: The terminal beach : Salvador Dalí; title: Feet rooted to the red earth : Joan Miró; title: I come from a silence : Catalan music; title: Tourism and war; title: The sweaty groin : Barcelona's Raval; title: The Gothic Quarter, Barcelona; title: Mass migration and mass tourism : Lloret; title: Plain and river : Lleida and the Ebro; title: The anarchist dream : George Orwell and revolution; title: The landscape in the pot : food, drink and identity; title: Cradle and refuge : FC Barcelona.