Europe in Its Own Eyes, Europe in the Eyes of the Other

Europe in Its Own Eyes, Europe in the Eyes of the Other
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Country
Canada
Published
23 April 2014
Pages
322
ISBN
9781554588404

Europe in Its Own Eyes, Europe in the Eyes of the Other

What is Europe? Who is European? What do Europe and European identity mean in the twenty-first century? This collection of sixteen essays seeks to answer these questions by focusing on Europe as it is seen through its own eyes and through the eyes of others across a variety of cultural texts, including sport, film, literature, dance, cartography, and fashion. These texts, as interpreted here by emerging researchers as well as well-established scholars, enable us to engage with European identities in the plural and to understand what these identities mean in larger cultural and political contexts. The interdisciplinary focus of this volume permits an exploration of European identity that reaches beyond the area of European studies to incorporate understandings of identity from the viewpoints of both insider and other. Contributors explore diverse understandings of what it means to be other to a country, a culture, a society, or a subgroup. This book offers a fresh perspective on the evolving concept of identityain the context of Europe past, present, and futureaand expands on the existing literature by considering the political tensions and social implications of the development of European identity, as well as its literary, artistic, and cultural manifestations.

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