Nosaltres els Catalans del Nord: A Story of Roussillon Identity in the Age of Nations

Authors

  • Nicolas Berjoan Universitat de Provença

Keywords:

Roussillon, Regionalism, Identity, “Double patriotisme”, Catalonian nationalism

Abstract

The identity of french Catalonians, as understood by the people of Roussillon nowaday, is the result of a long history. The rosselloneses intellectuals made efforts, for the XIXth century, to build this “double patriotisme”, showing their pride as well to be part of french nation as to be catalonian. For this, they had also to take into account the rising of catalonian nationalism in Spain.