I en monarki är det en vanlig familj som sitter på tronen
In this article I discuss the symbolic representations of the "family"-concept within the media reporting of the Swedish royal family which, I claim, trivialize and disguise political-economic dominance.
Karin Ljuslinder
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Banal Nationalism in the Internet Age: Rethinking the Relationship Between Nations, Nationalisms and the Media [PDF]
Classic authors in nations and nationalisms studies recognize mainstream media as crucial for the construction of nations and spread of nationalisms. While the media landscape in their works is confined to traditional media, in this theoretical chapter Szulc rethinks the relationship between nations, nationalisms and the media in the digital age ...
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Beyond the Civic/Ethnic Dilemma: Banal Nationalism and Everyday Border Drawing
This study proposes a new conceptual framework that moves beyond the widely used civic/ethnic dichotomy in nationalism theory by bringing Michael Billig’s concept of banal nationalism into dialogue with the literature on everyday boundary-making.
Ali Çiçek +3 more
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Dances of ‘Unity and Solidarity’: (Banal) Nationalist Symbols and Themes in Contemporary Folk Dance Performance / ‘Birlik ve Beraberlik’ Oyunları: Yakın Dönem Dans Sahnesinde (Sıradan) Milliyetçi Semboller ve Temaları [PDF]
Since the early years of the republican regime, the folk dance stage in Turkey has been one of the reminders and the (re)constructers of the ‘national culture’.
Berna Kurt*
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National identity: banal, personal and embedded [PDF]
ABSTRACT. This article examines the theoretical problem of understanding the relationship between personal and social dimensions of national identity. It does this by relating ethnographic data collected during a study of a merger between a Scottish and an English bank to three conceptual frameworks.
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Working‐Class Muscles? Co‐Operative Gyms in Interwar Britain
Abstract The Health & Strength League's network of co‐operative gymnasiums constituted one of interwar Britain's most significant yet overlooked physical culture institutions, affiliating over 800 gyms across Britain and Ireland by 1939. Drawing on Health & Strength magazine's editorial content and reader contributions, this article argues that these ...
CONOR HEFFERNAN
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Banal Nationalism in Iran: Daily Re-Production of National and Religious Identity
After its 1979 revolution, Islamism became Iran’s main policy as regards its domestic and foreign affairs. However, nationalism continued to exist. After the revolution, the national identity of Iranianness based on Shii Islam and pre-Islamic Persian ...
Nail Elhan
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Rebranding the Nation: Migrant Fashion Production and the Contested Politics of ‘Made in Italy’
ABSTRACT This article examines how Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Prato engage with the contested meaning of the Made in Italy production label. As Chinese‐run fashion firms have become central to Italy’s fast fashion sector, their growing visibility has raised public concerns about authenticity, national identity, and the perceived erosion of ...
Yintan Fan
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Karkhana (کارخانہ): The conference space as a ‘place of making’
Abstract This article is based on a collective critical reflection on the conference Journeying Beyond the West: Can Psychoanalysis Take New Roots in Pakistan? Its scope is not to produce an academic account, but to reflect on the implications of fostering and inhabiting psychoanalytic spaces across national and cultural differences.
Marta Bolognani +3 more
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Banal art history. Baroque, modernization and official cinematography in Franco’s Spain [PDF]
In this article the newsreels made by Noticiarios y Documentales Cinematográficos (Cinematographic Newsreels and Documentaries, NO-DO), the official film production company created by Francoism, will be analyzed in order to shed light on the political ...
Noemi de Haro García
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