Anthems and the Making of Nation States
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Anthems and the Making of Nation States

Identity and Nationalism in the Balkans

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Anthems and the Making of Nation States

Identity and Nationalism in the Balkans

About this book

Anthems are symbolic means through which nations present themselves to the world. Accordingly, creating seven new nation states out of the bones of Yugoslavia required new anthems. Why did these new states opt for century-old national songs or, failing this, for the anthems without words? What are the images and symbols that each of these states chose as their 'national signatures' and how were these chosen? This book explores a variety of images of nationhood (or the absence of them) in the lyrics of the official anthems and of competing national songs and traces their historical trajectory from the time of their conception to their legal entrenchment. This is the first full-length study into the symbolic representations of nationhood in the recently created nation states of the Balkans."

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Yes, you can access Anthems and the Making of Nation States by Aleksandar Pavkovic,Christopher Kelen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Military & Maritime History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781784531263
eBook ISBN
9780857739698
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Military & Maritime History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Guide to Pronunciation
  8. Part I. National Anthems: Their Themes and Origins
  9. Part II. Creating Nation States and National Anthems in Southeast Europe
  10. 1. ‘Live, Live the Spirit of the Slavs’ (1834): ‘Hey Slavs’ from 1942 to 2006
  11. 2. Loving One’s Homeland: Croatia 1835
  12. 3. A Toast to a Cosmopolitan Nation: Slovenia 1844
  13. 4. Praying for One’s People: Serbia 1872
  14. 5. A Love of Mountains and Mothers: Montenegro 1863(?)
  15. 6. A Fight for Rights: Macedonia 1941
  16. 7. To Sing or not to Sing? Anthems and Anti-anthems: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995/99
  17. 8. Wishing to be One with Europe: Kosovo 2008
  18. Epilogue: What do these Anthems Tell Us?
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography