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:
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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:
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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.