Bulletin n. 2-3/2012 | ||
October 2012-February 2013 | ||
Surak Kristin |
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Nation-Work: A Praxeology of Making and Maintaining Nations | ||
in European Journal of Sociology , Volume 53, Issue 02, agosto 2012 , 2012 , 171-204 | ||
This article bridges the literatures on nationalist projects and everyday nationhood by elucidating a repertoire of actions shared by both. Analysis of such “nation-work” contributes to the cognitive turn in ethnicity and nationalism research by showing how ethnonational categorization operates. Examining variation in this domain shows that though nationalism may project an image of a homogeneous “we”, internal heterogeneity is crucial for refining the experience and performance of membership in the nation. | ||