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Author : Andreas Kappeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Culture, Nation, and Identity written by Andreas Kappeler and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tim Edensor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100018367X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Download or read book National Identity, Popular Culture and Everyday Life written by Tim Edensor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Millennium Dome, Braveheart and Rolls Royce cars. How do cultural icons reproduce and transform a sense of national identity? How does national identity vary across time and space, how is it contested, and what has been the impact of globalization upon national identity and culture?This book examines how national identity is represented, performed, spatialized and materialized through popular culture and in everyday life. National identity is revealed to be inherent in the things we often take for granted - from landscapes and eating habits, to tourism, cinema and music. Our specific experience of car ownership and motoring can enhance a sense of belonging, whilst Hollywood blockbusters and national exhibitions provide contexts for the ongoing, and often contested, process of national identity formation. These and a wealth of other cultural forms and practices are explored, with examples drawn from Scotland, the UK as a whole, India and Mauritius. This book addresses the considerable neglect of popular cultures in recent studies of nationalism and contributes to debates on the relationship between ‘high' and ‘low' culture.
Author : Anne-Marie Thiesse
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004498834
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Creation of National Identities written by Anne-Marie Thiesse and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the barbarian epics to the ethnographic museums, from the national languages to emblematic landscapes or typical costumes, this book retraces the cultural fabrication of the European nations. National identities are not facts of nature, but constructions.
Author : Tim Edensor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100018935X
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Download or read book National Identity, Popular Culture and Everyday Life written by Tim Edensor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Millennium Dome, Braveheart and Rolls Royce cars. How do cultural icons reproduce and transform a sense of national identity? How does national identity vary across time and space, how is it contested, and what has been the impact of globalization upon national identity and culture?This book examines how national identity is represented, performed, spatialized and materialized through popular culture and in everyday life. National identity is revealed to be inherent in the things we often take for granted - from landscapes and eating habits, to tourism, cinema and music. Our specific experience of car ownership and motoring can enhance a sense of belonging, whilst Hollywood blockbusters and national exhibitions provide contexts for the ongoing, and often contested, process of national identity formation. These and a wealth of other cultural forms and practices are explored, with examples drawn from Scotland, the UK as a whole, India and Mauritius. This book addresses the considerable neglect of popular cultures in recent studies of nationalism and contributes to debates on the relationship between ‘high' and ‘low' culture.
Author : Laura Grindstaff
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351974092
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Cultural Sociology written by Laura Grindstaff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Cultural Sociology provides an unparalleled overview of sociological and related scholarship on the complex relations of culture to social structures and everyday life. With 70 essays written by scholars from around the world, the book brings diverse approaches into dialogue, charting new pathways for understanding culture in our global era. Short, accessible chapters by contributing authors address classic questions, emergent issues, and new scholarship on topics ranging from cultural and social theory to politics and the state, social stratification, identity, community, aesthetics, and social and cultural movements. In addition, contributors explore developments central to the constitution and reproduction of culture, such as power, technology, and the organization of work. This handbook is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in a wide range of subfields within sociology, as well as cultural studies, media and communication, and postcolonial theory.
Author : Geoffrey E. Fox
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816517992
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Hispanic Nation written by Geoffrey E. Fox and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new ethnic identity is being constructed in the United States: the Hispanic nation. Overcoming age-old racial, regional, and political differences, Americans of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and other Spanish-language origins are beginning to imagine themselves as a single ethnic community - which by the turn of the century may become the United States' largest and most influential minority. Only in recent years have great numbers of Hispanics begun to consider themselves as related within a single culture. Hispanics are redefining their own images and agendas, shaping a population, and paving wider pathways to power. In the process, they are changing both themselves and the culture, government, and urban habits of the communities around them. In this ground-breaking book, Geoffrey Fox shows how and why Hispanics are changing the United States. Based on interviews, observations, and extensive research, Hispanic Nation examines why such diverse people are imagining themselves as one; the politics of turning a statistical fiction into a social reality; the impact of the Spanish-language media on Hispanics' self-images; ethnic consciousness and political movements (Cesar Chavez and the farm workers movement, the Young Lords and La Raza Unida, Puerto Rican and Mexican encounters in the Midwest); controversies surrounding "high" and popular Hispanic/Latino art, music, and literature; and the institutionalization of the movement everywhere - from local school boards to the U.S. Congress.
Author : P W Preston
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1849206880
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (492 download)
Download or read book Political/Cultural Identity written by P W Preston and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1997-07-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary book overviews political and cultural identity in the context of changes across the political landscape. These changes - from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the recent Islamic revival - have profoundly altered the received ideas that define political cultures throughout the world. In this context the author draws together the diverse strands of literature to throw light on the impact on identity of a changing global environment. Peter Preston analyzes political, cultural and economic identities which lie at the centre of individual actions and social structure. This analysis is fleshed out by a detailed examination of specific regional cases, including: the realignment of Europe; the sharp rise of Pacific Asia; and the Americas after NAFTA.
Author : Carol Gould
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847696772
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (967 download)
Download or read book Cultural Identity and the Nation-state written by Carol Gould and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection, several distinguished political philosophers consider alternative models of the recognition of diverse cultures and the significance of cultural and national identity within democratic societies. The impact of this recognition for conceptions of citizenship and the supposed neutrality of the democratic state is examined, in the framework of economic and political globalization on the one hand, and the widespread assertion of cultural and ethnic differences on the other. The tension between the recognition of diverse cultures and universal frameworks of human rights is discussed, as are the idea of national self-determination and the new forms of democratic and civic institutions that may be required in order to deal with present political conflicts.
Author : Montserrat Guibernau
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 074565715X
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)
Download or read book The Identity of Nations written by Montserrat Guibernau and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is national identity? What are the main challenges posed to national identity by the strengthening of regional identities and the growth of cultural diversity? How is right-wing nationalism connected to the desire to preserve a traditional image of national identity? Can we forge a new kind of national identity that responds to the challenges of globalization and other deep-seated changes? In this important new book, Montserrat Guibernau answers these and other compelling questions about the future of national identity. For Guibernau, the nation-states traditional project to unify its otherwise diverse population by generating a shared sense of national identity among them was always contested, and was accomplished with various degrees of success in Europe and North America. Such processes involved the cultural and linguistic homogenization of an otherwise diverse citizenry and were pursued by different means according to the specific contexts within which they were applied. At present, the impact of strong structural socio-political and economic transformations has resulted in greater challenges being posed to the idea that all citizens of a state should share a homogeneous national identity. Diversity is increasing, and plans for further European integration contain the potential to generate significant tensions, casting greater doubt on the classical concept of national identity. As a result, we are faced with a set of new dilemmas concerning the way in which national identity is constructed and defined. The book offers a theoretical as well as a comparative approach, with case studies involving Austria, Britain, Canada and Spain, as well as the European Union and the United States of America. The Identity of Nations will be essential reading for advanced students and professional scholars in sociology, politics and international relations.
Author : Ross Poole
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415126236
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Nation and Identity written by Ross Poole and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise and comprehensive account of the place of national identity in modern life, affords a new analysis of the concept of identity, arguing that we are now in a position to envisage the end of nationalism.
Author : Selvaraj Velayutham
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9812304215
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (123 download)
Download or read book Responding to Globalization written by Selvaraj Velayutham and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2007 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the Singapore Government's approach to the construction of national identity. This book focuses on the global/national nexus: the tensions between the necessity to embrace the global to ensure economic survival, yet needing a committed population to support the perpetuation of the nation-state and its economic success.
Author : Stefano Harney
Publisher : Zed Books
ISBN 13 : 9781856493765
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (937 download)
Download or read book Nationalism and Identity written by Stefano Harney and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation-state of Trinidad and Tobago offers a unique case for the study of the forces and ideologies of nationalism. This book reveals how this ethnically diverse nation (40% African origin, 40-45% East Indian origin, plus those of Syrian, Chinese, Portuguese, French and English descent), independent for less than forty years, has provided fertile ground for the creative tension between the imagination of the writer in his or her search for a habitable text of identity and the official discourse on nationalism in Trinidad and Tobago. This discourse has in turn been embedded in a struggle that propels the nation's story. Following on from this background, the study examines the changes and influences on the sense of nationalism and peoplehood caused by migration and the ethnicization of migrant communities in the metropoles.
Author : Anthony D. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140125658
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (256 download)
Download or read book National Identity written by Anthony D. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National identity is often cited as a major contributing factor to many of the world's worst trouble spots, for example Palestinians versus Jews in Israel, the troubles in Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Bangladesh, Armenia and Tibet. This book addresses the issue of why national identity is so important. It examines how it differs from racial, ethnic and regional identity and how it originated in both the West and the Third World. The relationship between national identity and language is shown by the author to be important, but crucial to an enduring sense of national identity is religion and it capacity to separate groups of people.
Author : Joseph Zajda
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9402420142
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Globalisation, Cultural Identity and Nation-Building written by Joseph Zajda and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critiques dominant discourses and debates pertaining to cultural identity, set against the current backdrop of growing social stratification and unequal access to quality education. It addresses current discourses concerning globalisation, ideologies and the state, as well as approaches to constructing national, ethnic and religious identities in the global culture. It explores the ambivalent and problematic connections between the state, globalisation, the construction of cultural identity, and the nation-building process – also in connection with history education and the history textbooks used in schools. The book also explores conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches applicable to research on the state, globalisation, nation-building and identity politics. Drawing on diverse paradigms, ranging from critical theory to globalisation, the book, by focusing on globalisation, ideology and cultural identity, critically examines recent research in history education and its impact of identity politics, as well as the most significant dimensions defining and contextualising the processes surrounding nation-building and identity politics globally. Given the need for a multiple perspective approach, the authors, who have diverse backgrounds and hail from different countries and regions, offer a wealth of insights, contributing to a more holistic understanding of the nexus between the nation-state and national identity.
Author : Javier Gimeno-Martínez
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472591062
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Design and National Identity written by Javier Gimeno-Martínez and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important study introduces the key theories of national identity, and relates them to the broad fields of product, graphic and fashion design. Javier Gimeno-Martinez approaches the inter-relationship between national identity and cultural production from two perspectives: the distinctive characteristics of a nation's output, and the consumption of design products within a country as a means of generating a national design landscape. Using case studies ranging from stamps in nineteenth century Russian-occupied Finland, to Coca-Cola as an 'American' drink in modern Trinidad and Tobago, he addresses concepts of essentialism, constructivism, geography and multiculturality, and considers the works of key theorists, including Benedict Anderson, Eric Hobsbawm and Doreen Massey. This illuminating book offers the first comprehensive account of how national identity and cultural policy have shaped design, while suggesting that traditional formations of the 'national' are increasingly unsustainable in an age of globalisation, migration and cultural diversity. Javier Gimeno-Martinez is Lecturer in Design Cultures at the VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Author : Geneviève Zubrzycki
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1503602761
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)
Download or read book National Matters written by Geneviève Zubrzycki and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Matters investigates the role of material culture and materiality in defining and solidifying national identity in everyday practice. Examining a range of "things"—from art objects, clay fragments, and broken stones to clothing, food, and urban green space—the contributors to this volume explore the importance of matter in making the nation appear real, close, and important to its citizens. Symbols and material objects do not just reflect the national visions deployed by elites and consumed by the masses, but are themselves important factors in the production of national ideals. Through a series of theoretically grounded and empirically rich case studies, this volume analyzes three key aspects of materiality and nationalism: the relationship between objects and national institutions, the way commonplace objects can shape a national ethos, and the everyday practices that allow individuals to enact and embody the nation. In giving attention to the agency of things and the capacities they afford or foreclose, these cases also challenge the methodological orthodoxies of cultural sociology. Taken together, these essays highlight how the "material turn" in the social sciences pushes conventional understanding of state and nation-making processes in new directions.
Author : Eduardo de Gregorio-Godeo
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443865591
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Culture and Power written by Eduardo de Gregorio-Godeo and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions of identity and identification are among the most important evolving concerns of contemporary cultural studies. Through processes of personal identification with discursively constructed subject positions, identities emerge across a wide range of cultural practices in the course of social interactions involving the use of language and other semiotic systems manifested in cultural artefacts of various kinds. The present collection includes a selection of papers on the topic of identity and identification in cultural studies today. Incorporating theoretical contributions and practical case studies, this monograph adds to contemporary debates on identity-forging practices from various theoretical positions in different social, historic and national contexts. The chapters of this volume range from overtly theoretical discussions on the construction of identities and subjectivities in post-modernity, to examinations of the crucial role of (print) media in identity-construction and -representation processes in contemporary social formations through an insight into other key issues in cultural studies, such as gender politics and the construction of femininities, the hybridization of identities in the context of postcolonial work, and the interplay between collective identities and discourses on nation.
