Europeans
eBook - ePub

Europeans

Essays on Culture and Identity

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Europeans

Essays on Culture and Identity

About this book

Social scientists, a rehabilitation researcher, a folklorist, a political commentator, and other contributors survey some of the differences in European culture and discuss the complex topic of national identity in Europe. This volume forms a fascinating mosaic of European diversity, revealing idiosyncrasies such as that it is rude to interrupt in Sweden, that acting normal is quite silly enough in the Netherlands, how Poles banter about heroes, how Icelandic national identity fits into a Nordic and international context, why reunified Germany is one country and two cultures, and whether there is such a thing as a Belgian national identity.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. It’s Rude to Interrupt! Swedish Communication Style
  7. Act Normally! That’s Quite Silly Enough’ Some Notes on Life in the Netherlands
  8. Unequal Portions? the British at Table
  9. The Irish
  10. The Dilemma of the French School System a Glance From Stockholm
  11. In the Name of a Stupid and Backward People Russian Intellectuals Confront the Real Meaning of Democracy
  12. Poles’ Banter about Heroes
  13. Guided Tours in Athens Swedish-Speaking Greek Guides Present Their Country to Swedish Tourists
  14. Setting Boundaries Connections Between Discourses on Childhood and the Norwegian ‘No’ to the European Union
  15. Mental Borders on the European Open Market? a Case Study of Swedes and Their Notions of Swed and Imported Foods
  16. Icelandic National Identity in a Nordic and International Context
  17. The Austrification of Austria: Promoting Differences
  18. One Country — Two Cultures? Germany after Unification
  19. Danes in the Middle of the World
  20. What about the Finns? Personality and National Culture
  21. The over-Significant and the Nonsignificant Other Reflections on Portuguese and Spanish History and National Identity
  22. Does a Belgian National Identity Exist?
  23. Muesli, Rosti and the Linguistic Problem in Switzerland
  24. The Tuscan Villa a Study of Romantic Myth and Rational Reality
  25. Cultural Diversity
  26. List of Contributors