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OverviewThe twin concepts of Culture and Identity are inescapable in any discussion of European Integration and yet over the last ten years their meaning has become increasingly contested. By combining an anthropological and political perspective, the authors challenge the traditional boundaries within the issue of the construction of Europe. In the first part, historians and anthropologists from various national traditions discuss the process of the construction of Europe and its implications for cultural identities. The second section examines a number of topics at the core of the process of Europeanization and presents up-to-date information on each of these issues: political parties, regions, football, cities, the Euro, ethnicity, heritage and European cinema. Emphasis is be placed on the political structuring of cultural identities by contrasting top-down and bottom-up processes that define the tensions between the unity and diversity of the European Community. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marion DemossierPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books Edition: illustrated edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.322kg ISBN: 9781845453718ISBN 10: 1845453719 Pages: 236 Publication Date: 01 August 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Editorial Note Introduction Marion Demossier PART I: EUROPEAN POLITICAL CONSTRUCTS Chapter 1. The formation of national identities Anne-Marie Thiesse Chapter 2. 'More than its fair share of history'. Europe and its recent past. Richard Vinen Chapter 3. The political structuring of cultural identities in Europe Marion Demossier Chapter 4. European identity in a transnational era Ralph Grillo PART II: CULTURAL AND POLITICAL IDENTITIES IN TRANSITION Chapter 5. Heritage versus tradition, cultural resources for a new Europe Ullrich Kockel Chapter 6. Dinosaur, shipwreck, or museum piece? The unstable identity of European cinema Wendy Everett Chapter 7. Through the looking glass of football Christian Bromberger PART III: TOWARDS A EUROPEAN IDENTITY: CHALLENGES TO EXISTING FORMS OF BELONGING AND CULTURAL VALUES Chapter 8. Party, identity and europeanisation, an asymetrical relationship? David Hanley Chapter 9. Remapping regionalism in Europe Peter Wagstaff Chapter 10. Cultural identities and the European city Susan Milner Bibliography IndexReviewsDespite the variety of approaches and themes developed, the book successfully bridges this interdisciplinarity and provides a coherent flow of analysis of European identity which, as the title best illustrates, still remains a puzzle to be explored. The book therefore highlights the complexity of constructing European identity from political and cultural means...Overall it intellectually alerts the reader to some of the most significant challenges facing European identity and will be very useful to experts in the field. . Political Studies Review -Despite the variety of approaches and themes developed, the book successfully bridges this interdisciplinarity and provides a coherent flow of analysis of European identity which, as the title best illustrates, still remains a puzzle to be explored. The book therefore highlights the complexity of constructing European identity from political and cultural means...Overall it intellectually alerts the reader to some of the most significant challenges facing European identity and will be very useful to experts in the field.- - Political Studies Review Despite the variety of approaches and themes developed, the book successfully bridges this interdisciplinarity and provides a coherent flow of analysis of European identity which, as the title best illustrates, still remains a puzzle to be explored. The book therefore highlights the complexity of constructing European identity from political and cultural means...Overall it intellectually alerts the reader to some of the most significant challenges facing European identity and will be very useful to experts in the field. - Political Studies Review Despite the variety of approaches and themes developed, the book successfully bridges this interdisciplinarity and provides a coherent flow of analysis of European identity which, as the title best illustrates, still remains a puzzle to be explored. The book therefore highlights the complexity of constructing European identity from political and cultural means...Overall it intellectually alerts the reader to some of the most significant challenges facing European identity and will be very useful to experts in the field. . Political Studies Review Author InformationMarion Demossier is a senior lecturer in French and Anthropology at the University of Bath. She is the co-ordinator of a postgraduate Euromasters and Trans-Atlantic Masters course on 'Culture and identity in Europe' which has provided the material for this book. She has published extensively on the Anthropology of rural France and has recently edited a book on Recollections of France: Memories, Identities and Heritage (Berghahn, 2001). Her first monograph Hommes et Vins, une anthropologie du vignoble bourguignon was published in 1999 (editions universitaires de Dijon) and won a prize. She is currently preparing a monograph on Wine Culture and Consumption in France. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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