Nosaltres els valencians
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Nosaltres els valencians is a historical and political essay published in 1962 written by Joan Fuster i Ortells (1922-1992).
The book was the first intellectual effort in the twentieth century to construct an overview of the past and the present of the people living in the Valencian Country, a land between Morella and Elx in the Iberic Peninsula. The book contains a series of suggestive points on their present and identity of Valencians (and the whole Catalan-speaking community).
Nosaltres els valencians started a rebirth of national consciousness among the Valencian people. It provoked strong reactions from Spanish nationalists living in the area, and from the Francoist bureaucrats in Valencia and Madrid, which took place in the first years of Spain's transition to democracy after Franco's death.
The book has been also criticized by valencian nationalists who considered that Fuster took the Catalan national model as a valid frame for the development of the political autonomy of Valencian Country.
References
- Fuster, Joan: Obres Completes. Barcelona, Edicions 62, 2002. ISBN 8429710698
- Fuster, Joan: Antologia de la poesia valenciana : (1900-1950). Valčncia, Eliseu Climent Ed., 1994. ISBN 8475020275
- Fuster, Joan: L'Albufera de Valčncia. Alzira, Edicions Bromera, 1993. ISBN 8476601646
- Fuster, Joan: Elogi del meu poble : Sueca, a la ribera del Xúquer. Catarroja, Editorial Afers, 1997. ISBN 8486574579
- Iborra, Josep: Fuster portŕtil. Valčncia, Tres i Quatre, 1982. ISBN 8429741216
- Iborra, Josep: Breviari Cívic. Barcelona, Edicions 62, 1996. ISBN 8429741216
- The book itself: ISBN 8429712941
External links
- Biblioteca Joan Fuster (http://nti.uji.es/fuster/), Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana (in Catalan)
- Biblioteca Municipal de Godella (http://biblioteca.godella.net/Valencia/V-Fuster/fuster.html), on Joan Fuster (in Catalan)