LEADER 04790nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910823886203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89044-5 010 $a0-8122-0350-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812203509 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104509 035 $a(EBL)3441595 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000818844 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11525969 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000818844 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10841948 035 $a(PQKB)10137316 035 $a(DE-B1597)449185 035 $a(OCoLC)802049501 035 $a(OCoLC)979753705 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812203509 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441595 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104509 100 $a20081113d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCulture and belonging in divided societies $econtestation and symbolic landscapes /$fedited by Marc Howard Ross 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8122-2197-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tChapter 1. Cultural Contestation and the Symbolic Landscape / $rRoss, Marc Howard -- $tChapter 2. The Rise and Fall of a Sacred Place / $rDavis, Richard H. -- $tChapter 3. Social Lives of the Dead / $rJohnson, Greg -- $tChapter 4. Flagging Peace / $rBryan, Dominic / Stevenson, Clifford -- $tChapter 5. Conflict Transformation, Cultural Innovation, and Loyalist Identity in Northern Ireland / $rSmithey, Lee A. -- $tChapter 6. Islamic Headscarves in Public Schools / $rThomas, Elaine R. -- $tChapter 7. Minority Language Policy in France / $rCartrite, Britt -- $tChapter 8. Symbols of Reconciliation or Instruments of Division? / $rMarschall, Sabine -- $tChapter 9. Emerging Multiculturalisms in South African Museum Practice / $rSoudien, Crain -- $tChapter 10. Strategies for Transforming and Enlarging South Africa's Post-Apartheid Symbolic Landscape / $rRoss, Marc Howard -- $tChapter 11. Invisible House, Invisible Slavery / $rMires, Charlene -- $tChapter 12. Politicizing Chinese New Year Festivals / $rYeh, Chiou-Ling -- $tChapter 13. Paddy, Shylock, and Sambo / $rKibler, M. Alison -- $tEpilogue / $rLinenthal, Edward T. -- $tContributors -- $tIndex 330 $aFrom cartoons of Muhammad in a Danish newspaper to displays of the Confederate battle flag over the South Carolina statehouse, acts of cultural significance have set off political conflicts and sometimes violence. These and other expressions and enactments of culture-whether in music, graffiti, sculpture, flag displays, parades, religious rituals, or film-regularly produce divisive and sometimes prolonged disputes. What is striking about so many of these conflicts is their emotional intensity, despite the fact that in many cases what is at stake is often of little material value. Why do people invest so much emotional energy and resources in such conflicts? What is at stake, and what does winning or losing represent? The answers to these questions explored in Culture and Belonging in Divided Societies view cultural expressions variously as barriers to, or opportunities for, inclusion in a divided society's symbolic landscape and political life.Though little may be at stake materially, deep emotional investment in conflicts over cultural acts can have significant political consequences. At the same time, while cultural issues often exacerbate conflict, new or redefined cultural expressions and enactments can redirect long-standing conflicts in more constructive directions and promote reconciliation in ways that lead to or reinforce formal peace agreements. Encompassing work by a diverse group of scholars of American studies, anthropology, art history, religion, political science, and other fields, Culture and Belonging in Divided Societies addresses the power of cultural expressions and enactments in highly charged settings, exploring when and how changes in a society's symbolic landscape occur and what this tells us about political life in the societies in which they take place. 606 $aCultural pluralism 606 $aMulticulturalism 606 $aSymbolism 615 0$aCultural pluralism. 615 0$aMulticulturalism. 615 0$aSymbolism. 676 $a305.8 701 $aRoss$b Marc Howard$050261 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823886203321 996 $aCulture and belonging in divided societies$94193241 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$26.20$u02/19/2015$5Soc