The Essence and the Margin: National Identities and Collective Memories in Contemporary European CultureWith the expansion of the EU and calls for a European constitution, the question of a common European identity has become increasingly pressing in recent times. However, in the face of diverse national and regional traditions – and the absence of an obvious European cultural imaginary – the forging of a strong sense of European identity proves problematic. This volume brings together case studies of national and regional images from across Europe, which together suggest emerging patterns of identification within contemporary Europe – patterns which may not necessarily amount to a European 'identity', but rather to a European 'mode' of identification. The chronological structure of the volume demonstrates the increasingly problematic nature of national collective memories and past imaginaries in light of emergent marginal voices and images, and suggests that it is both from beyond and within the national paradigm that new challenges are now reshaping the cultural imaginary of European communities.Focusing on cultural images within film, literature, national narratives and myths, museum exhibitions and architecture, this volume is of interest to a wide variety of disciplines in the humanities, and presents an interdisciplinary approach to questions of cultural memory and identity formation. |
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LOCATION AND IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN CRIME NARRATIVE THE CASE OF MARCELLO FOISS CRIME NOVELS | 151 |
RESCUING THE GAZE SEEING AS REMEMBERING IN GIANNI CELATIS STRADA PROVINCIALE DELLE ANIME | 165 |
POLITICAL ARCHITECTURE AND THE SEDUCTION OF PLACE THE FORM OF PARLIAMENTS AND EUROPEAN IDENTITY | 183 |
SILICON SAXONY NEWLIFE IN ANOLDCOUNTRY | 199 |
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS | 217 |
INDEX | 221 |
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