Borders: frontiers of identity, nation and state
Editorial BERG PUBLISHERS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher BERG PUBLISHERS
- ISBN13 9781859732465
- ISBN10 1859732461
- Type Book
- Pages 182
- Published 1999
- Bookbinding Rustic
Sections
Anthropology. General ThemesBorders: frontiers of identity, nation and state
Editorial BERG PUBLISHERS
Mainland Spain
Book Details
Drawing on examples from the US and Mexico, Northern Ireland, Israel and Palestine, Spain and Morocco, as well as various parts of Southeast Asia and Africa, this timely book offers a comparative perspective on culture at state boundaries. The authors examine the role of the state, ethnicity, transnationalism, border symbols, rituals and identity in an effort to understand how nationalism informs attitudes and behaviour at local, national and international levels. Soldiers, customs agents, smugglers, tourists, athletes, shoppers, and prostitutes all provide telling insights into the power relations of every day life and what these relations say about borders.. "This overview of the importance of borders to the construction of identity and culture will be an essential text for students and scholars in anthropology, sociology, political science, geography, nationalism and immigration studies.