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1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations |
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft, 0929-6999 ; 114 |
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 114. 0929-6999
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| Contents |
Performing National Identity: Anglo-Italian Cultural Transactions; Contents; Introduction: Performing National Identity; 1. Early Modern Literary Exchanges; 2. Italian and English Art in Dialogue; 3. Travelling Images; 4. Political Negotiations; 5. Contemporary Mediations; Notes on Contributors |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cross-cultural studies -- England
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Cross-cultural studies -- Italy
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National characteristics, English -- Cross-cultural studies
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National characteristics, Italian -- Cross-cultural studies
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Cultural relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Cross-cultural studies
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Cultural relations
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National characteristics, English
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National characteristics, Italian
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England
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Italy
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781435615441 |
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1435615441 |
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9789401205238 |
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940120523X |
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9042023147 |
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9789042023147 |
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