Expressing Identities In The Basque Arena (World Anthropology) - Softcover

Jeremy MacClancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934691003 ISBN 13: 9781934691007

Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press, 2008

Synopsis

Everyday nationalism is a neglected subect in the literature on nationalism in Europe. Jeremy MacClancy redresses the balance in this unusual and sharp book on the human and cultural aspects of Basque identities in the modern world. Jeremy MacClancy argues that the ethnographic understanding of nationalisms -- rather than the orthodox studies of ideology, political parties, social classes and centre-periphery clashes -- offers a more nuanced comprehension of the lived reality of people in areas where nationalism is a significant force. This is very much nationalism from the bottom up.

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About the Author

JEREMY MACCLANCY is Professor of Social Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University North America: School for Advanced Research Press Series editors: Wendy James & Nick Allen

Review

MacClancy's work has done the discipline a service. Clearly, the book is written for fellow anthropologists but others will find the book helpful as well. For those wanting a new way of looking at the study of nationalism the book provides a roadmap to the areas of culture that can be studied through direct observation that otherwise would be lost. Specialists in all disciplines who study the Basques will also find the book of some value. --Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

Edition details

• Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934691003
• ISBN 13: 9781934691007
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224