Small Countries : : Structures and Sensibilities / / ed. by Ulf Hannerz, Andre Gingrich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Bendix, Regina F.,; Bošković, Aleksandar,; Cabral, João de Pina,; Dominguez, Virginia R.,; Dubai, Zulfokar Al,; Eriksen, Thomas Hylland,; Gingrich, Andre,; Hannerz, Ulf,; Kamal, Noura,; Khalaf, Sulayman,; Knoll, Eva-Maria,; Knörr, Jacqueline,; Lan, Goh Beng,; Löfgren, Orvar,; Robotham, Don,; Shore, Cris,; Wilk, Richard,; Wulff, Helena,
• HerausgeberIn: Gingrich, Andre,; Hannerz, Ulf,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 5 illus.

What is a small country? Is a country small because of the size of its territory or its population? Can smallness be relative, based on the subjective perception of a country's inhabitants or in comparison with one's neighbors? How does smallness, however it is defined, shape a country and...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction: Exploring Small Countries
• Part I. Nationhoods: Mirrors and Magnifying Glasses
• Chapter 1. "100% Pure New Zealand": National Branding and the Paradoxes of Scale
• Chapter 2. After 22 July 2011: Norwegians Together
• Chapter 3. The Scandinavian Cluster: Small Countries with Big Egos
• Part II. Aspiring for Success
• Chapter 4. Red Dot on the Map: Singapore, Size, and the Problems of Success
• Chapter 5. "Wi Likkle but Wi Tallawah": Soft Power and Smallness in Jamaica
• Chapter 6. On Chutzpah Countries and "Shitty Little Countries"
• Part III. Being and Becoming Small
• Chapter 7. Portugal and the Dynamics of Smallness
• Chapter 8. Two Countries in the Alps: Austrian and Swiss Presentations of Self for Internal and Global Consumption
• Chapter 9. Serbia and the Surplus of History: Being Small, Large, and Small Again
• Part IV. Struggling with Scales
• Chapter 10. Blood and Other Precious Resources: Vulnerability and Social Cohesion on the Maldives
• Chapter 11. Belize: A Country but Not a Nation
• Chapter 12. A War and After: Sierra Leone Reconnects, Within Itself and with the World
• Part V. Grandeur, Irony, and Small Worlds
• Chapter 13. An Emirate Goes Global: Th e Cultural Making of Abu Dhabi
• Chapter 14. Smiles and Smallness: Jokes in Yemen and Palestine
• Chapter 15. Greater Than Its Size: Ireland in Literature and Life
• Chapter 16. Swedish Encounters: End Notes of a Native Son
• List of Contributors
• Index
• Acknowledgments