Umfang:
1 online resource (395 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004188815
Serie:
National Cultivation of Culture Ser. v.01
Inhalt:
The grand duchy of Luxembourg is a showcase example for the constructed nature of national identities. This book explores this construction process from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, focusing on representations of the past, space and language.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One Narrating the Past -- Introduction Making Sense, Producing Meaning: Time, Memory and Historical Narratives -- 1. The Meaning of History -- 2. The Time of the Historian -- 3. The Time of Memory -- 4. The Crossing of the Times of History and Memory -- Chapter One The Master Narrative of Luxembourg's History -- 1. The Master Narrative as Presented by Arthur Herchen -- 2. Arthur Herchen's Narrative Strategies -- 2.1. Teleology and Continuity -- 2.2. 'Nationalising' certain Rulers -- 2.3. The Foreign Dominations -- 3. Emergence of the Master-Narrative -- 3.1. Before the Nineteenth Century -- 3.2. The Orangist Heritage and its Catholic Future -- 3.3. The Foreign Origins of the 'Foreign Dominations' -- 3.4. Reacting to a 'Crisis' -- Chapter Two The Dissemination, Reception and Public Use of the National Master Narrative -- 1. Continuing the Master Narrative in Historiography -- 2. The Master Narrative and the Arts -- 3. The Master Narrative in Popular Culture: The 1939 Pageant -- 4. A Public Deployment of the Master Narrative: Legitimising Dynastic Rule -- Chapter Three Different Narratives? -- 1. Attempts at Counter-Discourses (c. 1890 to 1970) -- 1.1. The Last Days of the Liberal Tradition: Nicolas van Werveke -- 1.2. The German View during the Second World War -- 1.3. Views of the Far-Left -- 2. New Variations on an Old Theme (c. 1963 to 1989) -- 2.1. Continuing the Tradition -- 2.2. A Slow Emancipation -- 2.3. The 1989 Anniversary: A Return to a National Model -- 3. Epilogue: New Trends since the 1980s and 1990s -- Conclusions -- Part Two Drawing the Boundaries -- Introduction From Border Patrol to Border Petrol Stations? -- Chapter Four The 'Centripetal' Discursive Strategy: Nationalising the Territory -- 1. The topos of 'Monarchical Loyalty'.
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ISBN 9789004181762
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004181762
Sprache:
Englisch
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