Antiquarians of the nation : monuments and language in nineteenth-century Roussillon, The
Language policy Archaeology and state Historic preservation Roussillon (France : Province)
Brill
2019
EISBN 9004390278
Front Matter.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Acknowledgements.
Maps and Figures.
Introduction.
Tailoring the Repertoire of the French Nation.
Antiquarians and Archaeologists: The Retrieval of Monuments in Roussillon.
Vernacular Languages to be Preserved as National Heritage: Catalan.
The Long-Standing Traditionalist Approach to Language Studies.
A Transnational Cultural Context: Occitans and Catalans.
Catalan Language and Literature in Roussillon, 1880–1906.
Conclusion.
Back Matter.
Bibliography.
Index.
In the nineteenth century, the search for the artistic, architectural and written monuments promoted by the French State with the aim to build a unified nation transcending regional specificities, also fostered the development of local or regional identitary consciousness. In Roussillon, this distinctive consciousness relied on a basically cultural concept of nation epitomised mainly by the Catalan language – Roussillon being composed of Catalan counties annexed to France in 1659. In The Antiquarians of the Nation , Francesca Zantedeschi explores how the works of Roussillon's archaeologists and philologists, who retrieved and enhanced the Catalan specificities of the region, contributed to the early stages of a ‘national’ (Catalan) cultural revival, and galvanised the implicit debate between (French) national history and incipient regional studies.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Acknowledgements.
Maps and Figures.
Introduction.
Tailoring the Repertoire of the French Nation.
Antiquarians and Archaeologists: The Retrieval of Monuments in Roussillon.
Vernacular Languages to be Preserved as National Heritage: Catalan.
The Long-Standing Traditionalist Approach to Language Studies.
A Transnational Cultural Context: Occitans and Catalans.
Catalan Language and Literature in Roussillon, 1880–1906.
Conclusion.
Back Matter.
Bibliography.
Index.
In the nineteenth century, the search for the artistic, architectural and written monuments promoted by the French State with the aim to build a unified nation transcending regional specificities, also fostered the development of local or regional identitary consciousness. In Roussillon, this distinctive consciousness relied on a basically cultural concept of nation epitomised mainly by the Catalan language – Roussillon being composed of Catalan counties annexed to France in 1659. In The Antiquarians of the Nation , Francesca Zantedeschi explores how the works of Roussillon's archaeologists and philologists, who retrieved and enhanced the Catalan specificities of the region, contributed to the early stages of a ‘national’ (Catalan) cultural revival, and galvanised the implicit debate between (French) national history and incipient regional studies.
