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Berghahn Books The European Puzzle The Political Structuring of Cultural Identities at a Time of Transition 2007 Edition by Marion Demossier
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. Table of contents :- AcknowledgmentsEditorial NoteIntroductionMarion DemossierPART I: EUROPEAN POLITICAL CONSTRUCTSChapter 1. The formation of national identitiesAnne-Marie ThiesseChapter 2. 'More than its fair share of history'. Europe and its recent past.Richard VinenChapter 3. The political structuring of cultural identities in EuropeMarion DemossierChapter 4. European identity in a transnational eraRalph GrilloPART II: CULTURAL AND POLITICAL IDENTITIES IN TRANSITIONChapter 5. Heritage versus tradition, cultural resources for a new EuropeUllrich KockelChapter 6. Dinosaur, shipwreck, or museum piece? The unstable identity of European cinemaWendy EverettChapter 7. Through the looking glass of footballChristian BrombergerPART III: TOWARDS A EUROPEAN IDENTITY: CHALLENGES TO EXISTING FORMS OF BELONGING AND CULTURAL VALUESChapter 8. Party, identity and europeanisation, an asymetrical relationship?David HanleyChapter 9. Remapping regionalism in EuropePeter WagstaffChapter 10. Cultural identities and the European citySusan MilnerBibliographyIndex