In:
Nations and Nationalism, Wiley, Vol. 21, No. 3 ( 2015-07), p. 445-460
Abstract:
Historiography on the phenomenology of nationalisms has often pointed to the importance of myths and symbols in the construction of these political movements, underlining how the past is transfigured and/or particular historical episodes are recast for use in creating a given political discourse in the present. By adopting this viewpoint, the aim of this paper is to analyse the evolution of historiographical thinking on the use of myths and symbols in contemporary politics, giving particular attention to how they were brought to bear in the early days of the C atalan nationalist movement. This initial period, covering the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is of special interest in the case of C atalan nationalism because it was a phase of politicisation marked – much as it was in other nationalist movements across E urope – by a nationalisation of history, a selection of foundation myths and historical milestones, and a crystallisation of the movement's symbols.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1354-5078
,
1469-8129
DOI:
10.1111/nana.2015.21.issue-3
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2015
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1500007-2
SSG:
3,6
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