Understanding Multiculturalism : : The Habsburg Central European Experience /

Understanding Multiculturalism : : The Habsburg Central European Experience / / ed. by Johannes Feichtinger, Gary B. Cohen.

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Multiculturalism has long been linked to calls for tolerance of cultural diversity, but today many observers are subjecting the concept to close scrutiny. After the political upheavals of 1968, the commitment to multiculturalism was perceived as a liberal manifesto, but in the post-9/11 era, it is u...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
MitwirkendeR:
Ballinger, Pamela,
Bhatti, Anil,
Cohen, Gary B.,
Corbea-Hoisie, Andrei,
Csáky, Moritz,
Dabrowski, Patrice M.,
Feichtinger, Johannes,
John, Michael,
Judson, Pieter M.,
Luthar, Oto,
Rössner, Michael,
HerausgeberIn:
Cohen, Gary B.,
Feichtinger, Johannes,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Austrian and Habsburg Studies ; 17
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Understanding Multiculturalism: The Habsburg Central European Experience
  • Section I Identity Formation in Multicultural Societies
  • Chapter 1 Heterogeneities and Homogeneities: On Similarities and Diversities
  • Chapter 2 Mestizaje and Hybrid Culture: Toward a Transnational Cultural Memory of Europe and the Development of Cultural Theories in Latin America
  • Chapter 3 Do Multiple Languages Mean a Multicultural Society? Nationalist “Frontiers” in Rural Austria, 1880–1918
  • Section II The Dynamics of Multicultural Societies, Politics, and the State
  • Chapter 4 Multiculturalism, Polish Style: Glimpses from the Interwar Period
  • Chapter 5 Multiculturalism against the State: Lessons from Istria
  • Chapter 6 Migration in Austria: An Overview of the 1920s to 2000s
  • Section III Identities Expressed, Negotiated, and Challenged in Multicultural Settings
  • Chapter 7 The Slice of Desire: Intercultural Practices versus National Loyalties in the Peripheral Multiethnic Society of Central Europe at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
  • Chapter 8 On “Neighbors” and “Strangers” The Literary Motif of “Central Europe” As Lieu de Mémoire
  • Chapter 9 Culture as a Space of Communication
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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