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Being Danish: Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life - Second Edition
Perthomas Andersen
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Description for Being Danish: Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life - Second Edition
Paperback. Editor(s): Jenkins, Richard. Num Pages: 231 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 219 x 26. Weight in Grams: 740.
This book is a major contribution to the sociology and anthropology of identity and to debates about identity in Denmark and elsewhere in Europe. Using extensive archival material alongside ethnographic fieldwork, the book explores being Danish, the meanings and practices which produced and reproduced Danishness in an ordinary Danish town during the 1990s. Among the many issues explored are attitudes to the European Union, the symbolism of the royal house and the flag, the States contribution to personal identity, the place of Christianity in Danishness, and the impact on Danes of the recent arrival of mainly Islamic immigrants. Bringing the ... Read more
This book is a major contribution to the sociology and anthropology of identity and to debates about identity in Denmark and elsewhere in Europe. Using extensive archival material alongside ethnographic fieldwork, the book explores being Danish, the meanings and practices which produced and reproduced Danishness in an ordinary Danish town during the 1990s. Among the many issues explored are attitudes to the European Union, the symbolism of the royal house and the flag, the States contribution to personal identity, the place of Christianity in Danishness, and the impact on Danes of the recent arrival of mainly Islamic immigrants. Bringing the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
739g
Number of Pages
231
Place of Publication
Copenhagen, Denmark
ISBN
9788763538411
SKU
V9788763538411
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Ref
99-2
About Perthomas Andersen
Richard Jenkins is emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield. Trained as a social anthropologist, he has done field research in Northern Ireland, England, Wales, and Denmark. Among other works, he is the author of Social Identity (Routledge, 3rd edition 2008), Rethinking Ethnicity (Sage, 2nd edition 2008) and Foundations of Sociology (Palgrave Macmillan 2002).
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