Scandinavism : overlapping and competing identities in the Nordic world, 1770-1919
Tim van Gerven
Bok · Engelsk · 2022
| Omfang | XII, 427 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Acknowledgements -- List of figures, graphs and tables -- Introduction -- Part 1. Imagining Scandinavia -- Part 2. Cultivating Scandinavia -- Part 3. Challenging Scandinavia -- Part 4. Ambient Scandinavia -- References -- Index.. - "Despite its failure as a political mobilizer, Scandinavism as a cultural movement would have a great impact on national consciousness-raising in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by stressing common ethnolinguistic, mythological and historical roots. This cultural vision is traced in the long 19th century, specifically in its interactions and overlaps with the various nationally specific manifestations of cultural nationalism. Through an in-depth analysis of an extensive corpus of cultural products - ranging from novels and poetry to public commemorations, painting and street name signs - this book demonstrates that cultural Scandinavism was successful in forging a common pan-Scandinavian identity that supplemented and strengthened national-identity formation in the three nationalities it aimed to unify"--
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| ISBN | 9789004507340
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