| Modern Roots: Studies of National Identity Contributor(s): Dieckhoff, Alain (Author), Gutiérrez, Natividad (Author) |
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ISBN: 0754611523 ISBN-13: 9780754611523 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 320.54 |
| LCCN: 00109869 |
| Series: Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series |
| Physical Information: (1.21 lbs) 318 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Interest in the study of national identity as a collective phenomenon is a growing concern among the social and political sciences. This book addresses the scholarly interest in examining the origins of ideologies and social practices that give historical meaning, cohesion and uniqueness to modern national communities. It focuses on the various routes taken towards the construction of cultural authenticity as an inspirational purpose of nation-building and reveals the diversity of the themes, practices and symbols used to encourage self-identification and communality. Among the techniques explored are the dramatization of suffering and tragedy, the exaltation of heroes and deeds, the evocation of landscape, nature and the arts and the delimitation of collective values to be pursued during reconstruction in post-war periods. |