Title 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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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 383 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	National cultivation of culture ; v. 1
	National cultivation of culture.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-375) and index.
Contents	pt. 1. Narrating the past -- Introduction. Making sense, producing meaning : time, memory and historical narratives -- Ch. 1. The master narrative of Luxembourg's history -- Ch. 2. The dissemination, reception and public use of the national master narrative -- Ch. 3. Different narratives? -- pt. 2. Drawing the boundaries -- Introduction. From border patrol to border patrol stations? -- Ch. 4. The 'centripetal' discursive strategy : nationalising the territory -- Ch. 5. The 'centrifugal' discursive strategy : de/renationalising the territory -- pt. 3. Constructing the language -- Ch. 6. 'Our German' (1820-1918) -- Ch. 7. Making Luxembourgish a language.
Summary	The grand duchy of Luxembourg is a showcase example for the constructed nature of national identities. This book explores this construction process from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, focusing on representations of the past, space and language.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Luxembourg -- Historiography.
	Luxembourg.
	Historiography.
	Luxembourg -- Boundaries.
	Boundaries.
	Nationalism -- Luxembourg.
	Nationalism.
	Luxembourg -- Languages.
	Language and languages.
	Luxembourgish language.
	Luxembourgish language.
	Language policy -- Luxembourg.
	Language policy.
	Sociolinguistics -- Luxembourg.
	Sociolinguistics.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Péporté, Pit.
Other Form:	Print version: Inventing Luxembourg. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004181762 (DLC) 2009048080 (OCoLC)467360786
ISBN	9789004188815 (electronic book)
	9004188819 (electronic book)
	9789004181762 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
	9004181768 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No.	9786612786662

Title 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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