Freedom for Catalonia? : Catalan nationalism, Spanish identity and the Barcelona Olympic Games / John Hargreaves.

By:

Hargreaves, John (John E. R.)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge Cultural Social SciencesPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 178 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511011237
9780511011238
0511038852
9780511038853
0511152280
9780511152283
9780521584265
0521584264
9780511489006
0511489005
1280418753
9781280418754
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9781107114036
0511173261
9780511173264
0511327412
9780511327414
0511054092
9780511054099

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Freedom for Catalonia?.DDC classification:

320.54/0946/70904 21

LOC classification:

DP302.C69 H37 2000eb

Other classification:

89.22

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Contents:

1. Sport and nationalism -- 2. Catalan nationalism -- 3. The relationship between Olympism, globalisation and nationalism -- 4. The war of the flags and the paz olimpica -- 5. Catalanisation versus Espanolisation -- 6. Symbolising the international dimension -- 7. The outcome -- 8. Conclusion.

Summary: Although the fight for independence by national minorities has received much attention recently, there is no study of how globalised sport in its most advanced form can help to stimulate it. This book shows how the 1992 Olympic Games raised the tension that already existed between Catalonia and Spain, from the time they were awarded to Barcelona until they opened. John Hargreaves analyses and explains the way in which the conflict developed and eventually was resolved, in terms of the special characteristics of Catalan nationalism, the nature of the new Spanish democracy and the special role played by the International Olympic Committee. This book will be relevant to academics, researchers and postgraduates specialising in nationalism and Catalan nationalism, as well as being of interest to teachers, researchers and students of political sociology, cultural studies and sports studies, and professionals working in the fields of culture, sport, recreation and leisure.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-172) and index.

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Although the fight for independence by national minorities has received much attention recently, there is no study of how globalised sport in its most advanced form can help to stimulate it. This book shows how the 1992 Olympic Games raised the tension that already existed between Catalonia and Spain, from the time they were awarded to Barcelona until they opened. John Hargreaves analyses and explains the way in which the conflict developed and eventually was resolved, in terms of the special characteristics of Catalan nationalism, the nature of the new Spanish democracy and the special role played by the International Olympic Committee. This book will be relevant to academics, researchers and postgraduates specialising in nationalism and Catalan nationalism, as well as being of interest to teachers, researchers and students of political sociology, cultural studies and sports studies, and professionals working in the fields of culture, sport, recreation and leisure.

English.

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