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Inventing Luxembourg : representations of the past, space and language from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Péporté, Pit
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:National cultivation of culture.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Narrating the past
  • Introduction. Making sense, producing meaning : time, memory and historical narratives
  • Ch. 1. The master narrative of Luxembourg's history
  • Ch. 2. The dissemination, reception and public use of the national master narrative
  • Ch. 3. Different narratives?
  • pt. 2. Drawing the boundaries
  • Introduction. From border patrol to border patrol stations?
  • Ch. 4. The 'centripetal' discursive strategy : nationalising the territory
  • Ch. 5. The 'centrifugal' discursive strategy : de/renationalising the territory
  • pt. 3. Constructing the language
  • Ch. 6. 'Our German' (1820-1918)
  • Ch. 7. Making Luxembourgish a language.