Open AccessMiędzy polityką a kulturową tradycją
Author(s) -
Joanna Aleksandrowicz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
politeja
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2391-6737
pISSN - 1733-6716
DOI - 10.12797/politeja.11.2014.31_1.09
Subject(s) - homeland , terrorism , mythology , politics , narrative , identity (music) , government (linguistics) , perspective (graphical) , political science , sociology , humanities , history , political economy , ethnology , art , law , aesthetics , literature , classics , philosophy , linguistics , visual arts
Between politics and cultural tradition. Basque Country in the films of Julio Medem
Julio Medem’s movies reflect the problem of Basque identity in unconventional way. Here we find an analysis of tensions between the regional authorities and the government in Madrid and the problem of terrorism as seen from the perspective of victims and the separatists themselves. At the same time, Medem shows a traditional Basque culture with its unique flavour and socio‑political determinants. This tradition is reflected also in contemporary narratives, where the characters who live far from Basque Country are named after divinities from the Basque mythology and in the most unexpected situations reveal attachment to their small homeland.