Fire in the Placa: Catalan Festival Politics After Franco

A Note on Catalonia and the Catalan Language Introduction PART I. REPRESENTING THE FESTIVAL Chapter 1. Between Representation and Presence: The Onlooker Problem Chapter 2. The Patum and the Body Politic PART II. PERSONIFICATION AND INCORPORATION Chapter 3. The Gaze and the Touch: Personhood and Belonging in Everyday Life Chapter 4. The Patum Effigies: Attitudes Personified Chapter 5. The Techniques of Incorporation PART III. UNDER FRANCO: THE OEDIPAL PATUM Chapter 6. Return to the Womb Chapter 7. The Eye of the Father Chapter 8. The New Generation PART IV. THE MASS AND THE OUTSIDE: "THE PATUM WILL BE OURS NO LONGER" Chapter 9. Consumption and the Limits of Metaphor Chapter 10. Reproduction and Reduction Chapter 11. The Patum in Spain and the World Notes References Index Acknowledgments