Passing in Catalonia: Performative Nationalism in Lluny de l'horitzó perfumat.
This article examines the politics and erotics of Catalan nationalism in the 2004 novel Lluny de l'horitzó perfumat (Far from the Perfumed Horizon), written in Catalan by the Palestinian-Catalan writer Salah Jamal and set in Barcelona during the Transition to Democracy. The article argues that the n...
| Published in: | Hispanic Review Vol. 90; no. 4; pp. 1 - 26 |
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Autumn2022
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