Format:
1 online resource (353 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780748629350
Content:
Ethnosymbolism offers a distinct and innovative approach to the study of nations and nationalism. It focuses on the role of ethnic myths, historical memories, symbols and traditions in the creation and maintenance of the collective identity of modern nations.
Content:
Preliminaries -- CONTENTS -- 1 Mapping the Field: Th eories of Nationalism and the Ethnosymbolic Approach -- 2 The Ethnic Enigma: Nationalism, Racism and Globalisation -- 3 Warfare, Remembrance and National Identity -- 4 Music and Nationalism: Five Historical Moments -- 5 The Sound of England -- 6 Myth, History and Nationalism: Poetry of the British Isles -- 7 The Successor Territory -- 8 Ethnosymbolism in the Ancient Mediterranean World -- 9 The Jews and the Formation of Modern National Identity in Poland -- 10 Lev Gumilev and Russian National Identity During and Aft er -- 11 National Symbols: Ethnicity and Historical Continuity in Post-communist 'New Europe' -- 12 Dilemmas of Middle East Politics -- 13 The Muslim Umma and the Formation of Middle Eastern Nationalisms -- 14 Historical Ethno-symbols in the Emergence of the State of Israel -- 15 Ethnosymbolism in China and Taiwan -- 16 Th e Making of a Language of Patriotism in Modern Bengali -- 17 Holy Nigerian Nationalisms -- 18 Ethnic Demobilisation: Th e Case of the Afrikaners -- 19 Women, War and the Confederate Ethnoscape -- 20 Ethnic Origins and Indigenous Peoples: An Approach from Latin America -- Epilogue: Th e Power of Ethnic Traditions in the Modern World -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748621125
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780748621125
Additional Edition:
Print version Nationalism and Ethnosymbolism : History, Culture and Ethnicity in the Formation of Nations
Language:
English
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