|
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology
|
Buy Now
Borders - Frontiers of Identity, Nation and State (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,230
Discovery Miles 12 300
|
|
|
Borders - Frontiers of Identity, Nation and State (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Borders are where wars start, as Primo Levi once wrote. But they
are also bridges - that is, sites for ongoing cultural exchange.
Anyone studying how nations and states maintain distinct identities
while adapting to new ideas and experiences knows that borders
provide particularly revealing windows for the analysis of 'self'
and 'other'. In representing invisible demarcations between nations
and peoples who may have much or very little in common, borders
exert a powerful influence and define how people think as well as
what they do. Without borders, whether physical or symbolic,
nationalism could not exist, nor could borders exist without
nationalism.
Surprisingly, there have been very few systematic or concerted
efforts to review the experiences of nation and state at the local
level of borders. Drawing on examples from the US and Mexico,
Northern Ireland, Israel and Palestine, Spain and Morocco, as well
as various parts of Southeast Asia and Africa, this timely book
offers a comparative perspective on culture at state boundaries.
The authors examine the role of the state, ethnicity,
transnationalism, border symbols, rituals and identity in an effort
to understand how nationalism informs attitudes and behaviour at
local, national and international levels. Soldiers, customs agents,
smugglers, tourists, athletes, shoppers, and prostitutes all
provide telling insights into the power relations of everyday life
and what these relations say about borders.
This overview of the importance of borders to the construction of
identity and culture will be an essential text for students and
scholars in anthropology, sociology, political science, geography,
nationalism and immigration studies.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(4)
(1)
