The formation of Croatian national identity : a centuries-old dream / / Alex J. Bellamy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910147085503321
• Autore: Bellamy Alex J. <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003; Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2018]; ©2003
• ISBN: 9786610734474; 9781847795731; 1847795730; 9781526137739; 1526137739; 9781781700440; 1781700443; 9781280734472; 1280734477; 9781847790781; 184779078X; 9781423706502; 1423706501
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 211 pages) : digital file(s)
• Collana: Europe in change
• Disciplina: 320.54/094972
• Soggetti: Nationalism; Nationalism - Croatia; National characteristics, Croatian
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Note on pronunciation and language --Introduction --1. National identity and the 'great divide' --2. Re-imagining the nation --3. The Croatian historical statehood narrative --4. Contemporary accounts of Croatian national identity --5. The nation in social practice 1: Economy, football and Istria -- 6. The nation in social practice 2: Language, ; education and the Catholic Church --7. Conclusion: Competing claims to national identity --Bibliography --Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume assesses the formation of Croatian national identity in the 1990's. It develops a novel framework calling into question both primordial and modernist approaches to nationalism and national identity before applying that framework to Croatia. In doing so, the book provides a new way of thinking about how national identity is formed and why it is so important.