European Constitutional Language
European Constitutional Language

Author: András Jakab

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-04-15

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 1107130786

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Provides a systematic analysis of both the historical development and current interpretation of constitutional law discourse in Europe.

The Modern Fairy Tale
The Modern Fairy Tale

Author: Paul Jordan

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9789949325580

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This book provides a unique and intriguing insight into current debates concerning the relationship between nation and state as well as the political management of international image in today's Europe through an examination of debates on nation branding and the Eurovision Song Contest. Europe is a contested construct and its boundaries are subject to redefinition. This work aims to advance critical thinking about contemporary nation branding and its relationship to, and influence on, nation building. In particular it focusses on key identity debates that the Eurovision Song Contest engendered in Estonia in the run-up to EU accession. The Eurovision Song Contest is an event which is often dismissed as musically and culturally inferior. However, this work demonstrates that it has the capacity to shed light on key identity debates and illuminate wider socio-political issues. Using a series of in-depth interviews with political elites, media professionals and opinion leaders, this book is a valuable contribution to the growing field of research on nation branding and the Eurovision Song Contest.

Globalization and National Identities
Globalization and National Identities

Author: P. Kennedy

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2001-06-05

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0333985451

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Drawing on original research from social scientists working on twelve countries this book explores the key issues faced by nations and citizens as they struggle to rediscover, reaffirm or reconstruct their sense of national identities in the face of globalizing forces. Some nations and peoples experience the fragmentation of once certain identities as threatening and likely to generate political and social breakdown. Others encounter globalization as a challenge which brings uncertainties but also opportunities for adaptation, the evolution of hybrid identities or new forms of protest.

Remaking Brazil
Remaking Brazil

Author: Tatiana Signorelli Heise

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780708325094

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This book explores conflicting conceptions of Brazilian national identity as they are expressed in contemporary Brazilian cinema, especially those revolving around the long-standing claim that Brazil is a racial democracy. -- Welsh Books Council

Contemporary French cinema
Contemporary French cinema

Author: Guy Austin

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2021-06-15

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1526162911

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Contemporary French cinema is an essential introduction to popular French film of the last 35 years. It charts recent developments in all genres of French cinema with analyses of over 120 movies, from Les Valseuses to Caché. Reflecting the diversity of French film production since the New Wave, this clear and perceptive study includes chapters on the heritage film, the thriller and the war movie, alongside the 'cinéma du look', representations of sexuality, comedies, the work of women film makers and le jeune cinéma. Each chapter introduces the public reception and critical debates surrounding a given genre, interwoven with detailed accounts of relevant films. Confirmed as a major contribution to both Film Studies and French Studies, this book is a fascinating volume for students and fans of French film alike.

Identity as Ideology
Identity as Ideology

Author: S. Malesevic

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-10-10

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0230625649

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Despite profound disagreement on whether identities are essential or existential, primordial or constructed, singular or multiple, there is little dispute over whether identities exist or not. In this provocative study, Sinisa Malesevic interrogates the unproblematic use of concepts of identity, and in particular national or ethnic identity.

Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe
Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe

Author: Brian Jenkins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1134805810

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The resilience of nationalism in contemporary Europe may seem paradoxical at a time when the nation state is widely seen as being 'in decline'. The contributors of this book see the resurgence of nationalism as symptomatic of the quest for identity and meaning in the complex modern world. Challenged from above by the supranational imperatives of globalism and from below by the complex pluralism of modern societies, the nation state, in the absence of alternatives to market consumerism, remains a focus for social identity. Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe takes a fully interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the 'national question'. Individual chapters consider the specifics of national identity in France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Iberia, Russia, the former Yugoslavla and Poland, while looking also at external forces such as economic globalisation, European supranationalism, and the end of the Cold War. Setting current issues and conflicts in their broad historical context, the book reaffirms that 'nations' are not 'natural' phenomena but 'constructed' forms of social identity whose future will be determined in the social arena.

Spaces of Identity
Spaces of Identity

Author: David Morley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1134865309

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We are living through a time when old identities - nation, culture and gender are melting down. Spaces of Identity examines the ways in which collective cultural identities are being reshaped under conditions of a post-modern geography and a communications environment of cable and satellite broadcasting. To address current problems of identity, the authors look at contemporary politics between Europe and its most significant others: America; Islam and the Orient. They show that it's against these places that Europe's own identity has been and is now being defined. A stimulating account of the complex and contradictory nature of contemporary cultural identities.