1st Edition
Inside European Identities Ethnography in Western Europe
Edited By Sharon Macdonald
Copyright 1993
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Following recent events in Eastern Europe, questions surrounding European identity seem more pressing than ever. This volume explores, through a series of ethnographic case studies, the construction and experience of identities in Western Europe. All of the case studies are based on fieldwork, and in geographical scope range from Wales to the Basque country; from Corsica to the Lake District. The peoples they look at are similarly diverse: nationalists and members of the Communist party; rural and urban populations. The essays illustrate the ways in which detailed ethnographic case studies can illuminate how identities are lived by ordinary people.
Identity complexes in Western Europe - social anthropological perspectives; ethnicity as revolutionary strategy - communist identity construction in Italy; who can tell the tale? texts and the problem of generational and social identity in a Tuscan rural commune; at play with identity in the Basque arena; good to be French? conflicts of identity in North Catalonia; becoming Celtic in Corsica; the marching seasons in Northern Ireland - an expression of politico-religious identity; Wales from within - conflicting interpretations of Welsh identity; Copeland - Cumbria's best kept secret; the construction of difference - anthropological approach to stereotypes.
Biography
Sharon Macdonald, Social Anthropology, University of Manchester
