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THE BATTLE FOR RE-IMAGINING CATALONIA: CINEMATIC POPULISM, MYTH-MAKING, AND CATHEDRAL OF THE SEA (JORDI FRADES, 2018) 重新想象加泰罗尼亚的战斗:电影民粹主义、神话制造和海上大教堂(jordi贸易，2018)

Catalan Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.3828/catr.35.4

C. Ungureanu, Iván Pintor

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