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Bordering: Identity Processes between the National and Personal - Hardcover

Linde-Laursen, Anders

 
9780754679059: Bordering: Identity Processes between the National and Personal
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0754679055 ISBN 13: 9780754679059
Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

What is a border? This seemingly simple question is here answered via a multidisciplinary study of the cultural, geographic and historic existence of borders, and the ways that they have shaped our world. Using the Danish-Swedish border to illustrate the actions of groups and individuals engaged in bordering since the 1600s, this richly theoretical discussion highlights the complexities of political and cultural identity processes. Comparative perspectives are brought together to produce a thoughtful analysis of how such processes function, and of how borders work on both an imagined nationhood and experiential personal level. The author also examines how throughout history people have lived with and influenced or been influenced by borders, why some borders remain uncontested while others repeatedly provoke cross-border conflicts, and how today's bordering processes may be deliberately manipulated.

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About the Author

Professor Anders Linde-Laursen, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, East Michigan University, USA

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0754679055
ISBN 13 
9780754679059
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
320