Inventing Luxembourg : representations of the past, space and language from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century / by Pit Péporté ... [and others].
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TextSeries: National cultivation of culture ; v. 1 | Brill ebook titles | National Cultivation of Culture ; 1. | European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004222861Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- DH908 .I55 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Introduction / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Introduction Making Sense, Producing Meaning: Time, Memory And Historical Narratives / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Chapter One. The Master Narrative Of Luxembourg’s History / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Chapter Two. The Dissemination, Reception And Public Use Of The National Master Narrative / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Chapter Three. Different Narratives? / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Conclusions / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Introduction. From Border Patrol To Border Petrol Stations? / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Chapter Four. The ‘Centripetal’ Discursive Strategy: Nationalising The Territory / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Chapter Five. The ‘Centrifugal’ Discursive Strategy: De/Renationalising The Territory / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Conclusions / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Introduction / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Chapter Six. ‘Our German’ (1820–1918) / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Chapter Seven. Making Luxembourgish A Language / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Conclusions / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- General Conclusions / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Bibliography / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue -- Index / P. Péporté , S. Kmec , B. Majerus and M. Margue.
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The grand duchy of Luxembourg was created after the Napoleonic Wars, but at the time there was no 'nation' that identified with the emergent state. This book analyses how politicians, scholars and artists have initiated and contributed to nation-building processes in Luxembourg since the nineteenth century, processes that – as this book argues – are still ongoing. The focus rests on three types of representations of nationhood: a shared past, a common homeland and a national language. History was written so as to justify the country's political independence. Territorial borders shifted meaning, constantly repositioning the national community. The local dialect – initially considered German variant – was gradually transformed into the 'national language', Luxembourgish.
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