The European Puzzle

The Political Structuring of Cultural Identities at a Time of Transition
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-84545-371-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 349 g

The 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Demossier, Marion

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

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

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Demossier, Marion
Marion 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 (éditions universitaires de Dijon) and won a prize. She is currently preparing a monograph on Wine Culture and Consumption in France.