Performing national identity Anglo-Italian cultural transactions

National identity is not some naturally given or metaphysically sanctioned racial or territorial essence that only needs to be conceptualised or spelt out in discursive texts; it emerges from, takes shape in, and is constantly defined and redefined in individual and collective performances. It is in...

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Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi 2008.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 114.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31645057*spi
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Sumario:National identity is not some naturally given or metaphysically sanctioned racial or territorial essence that only needs to be conceptualised or spelt out in discursive texts; it emerges from, takes shape in, and is constantly defined and redefined in individual and collective performances. It is in performances--ranging from the scenarios of everyday interactions to 'cultural performances' such as pageants, festivals, political manifestations or sports, to the artistic performances of music, dance, theatre, literature, the visual and culinary arts and more recent media--that cultural identity a.
Descripción Física:328 p. : il
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas.
ISBN:9781435615441
9789401205238
9789042023147