Re-Visioning Europe: Frontiers, Place Identities and Journeys in Debatable Lands

by U. Kockel

Overview

Drawing on ethno-anthropological fieldwork, this book considers issues of identity and belonging in Europe from a consciously emic perspective. The book explores issues such as borders, migration, economic organization, heritage, and the politics and practice of developing cultural understanding.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403941220
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/28/2010
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	225
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

ULLRICH KOCKEL is currently Professor of Ethnology, University of Ulster, UK. His research ranges across the field of European ethnology, with special focus on cultural encounters, and on culture and economy. He is an Academician of the Academy for the Social Sciences, and President of the Société Internationale d'Ethnologie et de Folklore.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables viii

Preface ix

1 Setting Out: Europe - A Winter's Tale ... 1

2 First Journey - In the Frontier: Balancing on Borderlines 14

3 Second Journey - In the Diaspora: Among Mobile Europeans 50

4 Third Journey - To the Market: Trading Our Futures 87

5 Fourth Journey - On the Grand Tour: We Should Remember 121

6 Fifth Journey - Towards Castalia: To Re-Place Europe 155

7 Envisioning the Not-Yet: Before Coming Home 189

Notes 197

Bibliography 205

Index 221