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Catalan nationalism Martnez, Sayra Morales, Ricardo Rissbacher, Veronica

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Ask yourself Do you feel proud of being mexican or german? Why? What makes you feel that you belong to your country? If you find someone from your country in other country, which is your reaction? Why?

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Maybe we are not very different

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Argument The (constant failed) attempt to build a Spanish nationalism is a new form of Post-colonialism due to the level of omission of the intrastate nationalisms. The State of Autonomies system in Spain is an extractive institution due to the overwhelming taxes imposed on Catalonia.

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Theory for analysis Image source: http://us.123rf.com/450wm/radiantskies/radiantskies1212/radiantskies121202193/1673967 8-abstract-word-cloud-for-postcolonialism-with-related-tags-and-terms.jpg

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History of Catalonia 1714 Conquest of Catalonia by Spain & France 1977 Catalonia received limited self- government 1988 First free elections Developed to a strong Industrial area Suffers from migration Image source: http://www.lehrer.uni- karlsruhe.de/~za627/webquests/cataluna-webquest.htmc

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Winners and Losers Depending on point of view Image source: http://www.organicfarmingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Cat_Dog_01.png

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International impact Throughout modern history, Catalonia has led separatism as a global issue.

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International impact Cultural subsequences

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Blind Spots It could not be said that Catalonia have experienced a political conquest, or an economic exploitation, typical of colonized countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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Authors and Publications Stewart King (2006): Catalan Literatures in Postcolonial context how affected the Francos government the idea of the catalan identity and literature. Hybrids, social change, etc. Salvador Cards (2014): An unprecedented social and political process.

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Bibliography http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2012- 09/leserartikel-katalonien-unabhaengigkeit http://www.planet- wissen.de/laender_leute/spanien/geschichte_katalonie ns/index.jsp http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/katalonien- unabhaengigkeit-tausende-demonstrieren-fuer- autonomie-a-991156.html https://www.opendemocracy.net/pol- bargu%C3%A9s/rise-of-catalonia-unravelling-debate- on-catalan-independence-0 http://www.catalunya- web.com/landleutereiseinfos/katalonien/kurzegeschich tekataloniens/index.html