Encountering Nationalism - Softcover

Puri, Jyoti

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631231064 ISBN 13: 9780631231066

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2003

Synopsis

Encountering Nationalism introduces students to concepts of nationalism in an accessible, critical, and timely way. Abstract arguments are bolstered by clear and specific examples drawn from momentous events and from the well of everyday life, such as the aftermath of September 11, beauty pageants, ethnic conflicts, and sexual respectability. Encountering Nationalism is an engaging introduction to the diverse meanings of nationalism and its most important aspects.

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• Addresses the rise of nationalism in the US post-September 11.
  
• Brings together “culturalist” and state-centered approaches to nationalism.
  
• Underscores the importance of race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and religion to understanding nationalism.
  
• Clarifies key concepts such as nationalism, nation, state, gender, sexuality, etc.
  
• Contains useful examples to illustrate key aspects of nationalism.
  
• Features clear and engaging prose.

About this title

Book Description:

Encountering Nationalism introduces students to concepts of nationalism in an accessible, critical, and timely way. It provides an overview of the central theories, aspects, and inconsistencies of nationalism. The book explores the promises and pitfalls of nationalism, its cultural and political aspects, and its revolutionary and repressive possibilities. The chapters are organized around the importance of the state, race, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity to nationalism, and the future of nationalism.Abstract arguments are bolstered by clear and specific examples drawn from momentous events and from the well of everyday life, such as the aftermath of September 11, beauty pageants, ethnic conflicts, and sexual respectability. Encountering Nationalism is an engaging introduction to the diverse meanings of nationalism and its most important aspects.

About the Author:

Jyoti Puri is Associate Professor of Sociology at Simmons College. She is the author of Woman, Body, Desire in Post-Colonial India: Narratives of Gender and Sexuality (1999).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0631231064
• ISBN 13: 9780631231066
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256