Culture, language and politics. The Catalan cultural resistance during the Franco regime (1939-1977)

The Franco regime attempted to commit cultural and identity genocide against Catalonia, but only the combined action of resistance inside the country and in exile prevented it. The 1940s were a decade of pure resistance, but by the 1950s there was a revival inside the country which paved the way for...

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Published inCatalan historical review Vol. 13; pp. 69 - 84
Main Author Enric Pujol Casademont
Format Journal Article
LanguageCatalan
Published Institut d'Estudis Catalans 01.10.2020
Subjects
anti-franco resistance
catalan language and culture
exile
franco regime
political transition
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Summary:The Franco regime attempted to commit cultural and identity genocide against Catalonia, but only the combined action of resistance inside the country and in exile prevented it. The 1940s were a decade of pure resistance, but by the 1950s there was a revival inside the country which paved the way for the cultural and political blossoming of the 1960s. In the ensuing decade, self-governance was attained in the Catalan Lands after the final crisis of the Franco regime, but there was no compensation for the repression it had undergone, nor was a sufficiently steadfast policy adopted to guarantee the future of Catalan language and culture.
ISSN:2013-407X
2013-4088
DOI:10.2436/20.1000.01.167