Table of Contents

Contemporary Catalan Culture - Dominic Keown
Medieval Catalan Culture, 801-1492 - Alexander Ibarz
Catalonia: From Industrialisation to the Present Day - Antoni Segura
Catalonia: From Industrailisation to the Present Day - Elisenda Barbe
Barcelona: The Siege City - Robert Davidson
The Catalan Language - Miquel Strubell
Sport and Catalonia - Louise Johnson
The Music of Catalonia - Tess Knighton
Catalan Cinema: An Uncanny Transnational Performance - Jaume Marti-Olivella
Festival and the Shaping of Catalan Community - Dorothy Noyes
What's Cooking in Catalonia? - Montserrat Roser i Puig

About the Author

TESS KNIGHTON is an ICREA Research Professor affiliated to the Institució Milà i Fontanals-CSIC in Barcelona and an Emeritus Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.

Reviews

A lively and informative volume that covers a wide range of aspects of Catalan culture ... Currently the only book on the market that provides this sort of introductory overview of contemporary Catalan culture, it should become a key text for undergraduate courses especially ... a solid and dependable companion.
*BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES*

A much-needed and timely step in the right direction for Catalan Studies.
*HISPANIA*

[The editor] has given 'lay' readers of English an accessible introduction to the country's history and culture. Second, he has but provided his colleagues in the field of Catalan Studies with a very solid conceptual base for future growth and innovation. The editor and his collaborators should be warmly saluted for carrying out this very important work.
*CATALAN REVIEW*

In summary [...] for any student, or academic, studying Hispania.it is a must read.
*REFERENCE REVIEWS*

[T]his relatively brief volume is succinct and impressively complete. It covers a broad range of topics, each treated with care by its author. [...] The contributors offer masterful syntheses and sharp analyses of complex issues. [...] Informative, insightful, and engaging, this volume will interest readers in search of a general survey.
*CHOICE*