How does popular culture reflect and shape identity politics in the secessionist climate of contemporary Catalonia?

List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsIntroduction: Culture, Identity, and Politics in Contemporary Catalonia - Mariann Vaczi and Alessandro Testa1: Castells, Myths, and Allegories of Nation Building - Mariann Vaczi2: The Ritual Making of Central Catalonia 1: National Identity and the Hanging of the Donkey - Alessandro Testa3: The Ritual Making of Central Catalonia 2: Comparses and the Dynamics of Inclusive Nationalism - Alessandro Testa4: Reclaiming the Cathar Past: At the Crossroads between Identity Politics and Tourist Economies in Catalonia - Camila Del Mármol5: The Heritage of the Humiliated: Popular Resistance in Defense of the "Bous" in the Lands of the Ebro - Manuel Delgado, Romina Martínez Algueró, and Sarai Martín López6: Communities without Festivities? Community Effects, Transformations, and Conflicts after Covid-19 in Catalonia - Xavier Roigé, Mireia Guil, and Lluís Bellas7: Bon Profit! Food as National Identity in Catalonia - Venetia JohannesAfterword: Beneath the Nation: Collective Creation and Civic Need - Dorothy NoyesBibliographyIndex