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The Festive State: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism as Cultural Performance
David M. Guss
The Festive State: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism as Cultural Performance
David M. Guss
This is a guide to the workings of festive behaviour, often seen as the "uniform expression of a collective consciousness". The book combines four case studies in multisite ethnography to demonstrate how concepts of race, ethnicity, history, gender, and nationhood are challenged and redefined.
252 pages, 28 b/w photograph, 1 line illustration, 1 map.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 2, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780520223318 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 252 |
Dimensions | 229 × 152 × 15 mm · 354 g |