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Border Identities: Nation and State at International Frontiers

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Border Identities: Nation and State at International Frontiers
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Thomas M. Wilson
Edited by Hastings Donnan
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:316
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9780521587457
ClassificationsDewey:305.8
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 1 Tables, unspecified; 11 Maps

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 22 January 1998
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book offers fresh insights into the complex and various ways in which international frontiers influence cultural identities. The ten anthropological case studies collected here describe specific international borders in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America, and bring out the importance of boundary politics, and the diverse forms that it may take. The frontier itself may be of great symbolic importance; in other cases the symbolism lies rather in the disappearance of the traditional border. A frontier may be above all a barrier against immigration, or the front line between hostile armies. It may reinforce distinctive identities on each side of it, or the frontier may be disputed because it cuts across national identities. Drawing on anthropological perspectives, the book explores how cultural landscapes intersect with political boundaries, and ways in which state power informs cultural identity.

Reviews

'Highly recommended.' Political Studies