Staging the Nation in an Intermediate Space : Cultural Policy in Luxembourg and the State Museums (1918-1974)

• Autore: Spirinelli Fabio
• Pubblicazione: Basel/Berlin/Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, , 2025; ©2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (552 pages)
• Disciplina: 949.35042
• Sommario/riassunto: In Luxembourg, the evolution of cultural policy remains underexplored despite its pivotal role in the nation-building process. This book investigates how national cultural policy evolved from the 1920s to the early 1970s, casting Luxembourg as a nationalized intermediate space between French and German influences. Featuring a case study of the history and art section of the State Museums - the precursor to today's Musée national d'archéologie, d'histoire et d'art - the book examines the interplay of structures, actors, and discourses and how a cultural institution was intertwined with cultural policy. The study exposes the tensions between adopting external models, on the one hand, and asserting a distinct national culture amid interventionist policies, on the other hand. By including the occupation period from 1940 to 1944, it illustrates how Nazi policies challenged Luxembourg's nation-building by seeking to integrate it into the Third Reich. Combining theoretical analysis with archival research, this work offers nuanced insights into nation-building processes and is highly relevant for historians, cultural policy scholars, and museum professionals.
• Titolo autorizzato: Staging the Nation in an Intermediate Space
• ISBN: 3-11-220742-4; 3-11-220735-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996662858403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Studien Zur Transnationalen Zeitgeschichte Luxemburgs Series