Narrating Peoplehood amidst Diversity

Edited By Michael Böss

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Telling stories is an essential part of being human: We tell stories about ourselves to show other people who we are and where we belong. Nations have stories to tell too - "stories of peoplehood" - that build and maintain a sense of national belonging and identity. The concept has been used to analyse identities, memories, and histories of individuals, communities and nations. But does it make sense to talk about peoplehood today? Can plural societies tell national stories without marginalizing their minorities? And is it even fair to assume that our individual self-narratives are coupled with shared cultural ones?
In Narrating Peoplehood amidst Diversity, 16 internationally renowned scholars reflect on the nature and history of peoplehood and discuss how it forms part of national identities, public culture, and academic historiography. Based on theoretical analysis and empirical studies drawn from Latinos in the United States and African immigrants in France, and from multicultural stands in Canada to grand narratives in Danish history, the book is a timely contribution to the ongoing debate on belonging and identification in multicultural societies.

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• Modern
• Histoire
• History

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• Publié par: Aarhus University Press
• Date de parution: 15 octobre 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9788771244571
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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Narrating Peoplehood amidst Diversity
Telling stories is an essential part of being human: We tell stories about Edited by Michael Böss
ourselves to show other people who we are and where we belong.
Nations have stories to tell too – “stories of peoplehood” – that build Narratingand maintain a sense of national belonging and identity. The concept
has been used to analyse identities, memories, and histories of indi­ Peoplehood amidstviduals, communities and nations. But does it make sense to talk about
peoplehood today? Can plural societies tell national stories without Diversitymarginalizing their minorities? And is it even fair to assume that our
individual self­narratives are coupled with shared cultural ones?
Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
In Narrating Peoplehood amidst Diversity, 16 internationally renowned
scholars refect on the nature and history of peoplehood and discuss
how it forms part of national identities, public culture, and academic
historiography. Based on theoretical analysis and empirical studies
drawn from Latinos in the United States and African immigrants in
France, and from multicultural stands in Canada to grand narratives
in Danish history, the book is a timely contribution to the ongoing
debate on belonging and identifcation in multicultural societies.
With contributions by Bernard Eric Jensen, Richard Jenkins, Martin O.
Heisler, Mark Haugaard, Eric Rauchway, Rogers M. Smith, Desmond
King, Inés Valdez, Leo R. Chavez, Tomás R. Jiménez, Claus Møller
Jørgensen, Ove Korsgaard, Jack Granatstein, Andrew Cohen, Francis
Fukuyama, and Michael Böss.
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Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
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Notes on contributors ................................................... 7
Stories of Peoplehood: An Approach to the Study of Identity, Memory,
and Historiography1
Michael Böss .................................................. 11
Re-imagining a People: Towards a Theory of Peoplehood as Social Imaginary
Bernard Eric Jensen .............................................. 252
Citizenship, Belonging and Identification: The State of Denmark
Richard Jenkins ................................................ 413
Our Stories, Our Selves: Identities and the Dialogics of Narrative
Martin O. Heisler ............................................... 614
Identity and Nationalism in a Global World: Some Theoretical Reflections
Mark Haugaard ................................................ 1015
Nation, Region, and Immigration in US History, 1864-1924
Eric Rauchway ................................................. 1156
From the Shining City on a Hill to a Great Metropolis on a Plain?
American Stories of Immigration and Peoplehood7
Rogers M. Smith ............................................... 127
From Workers to Enemies: National Security, State Building, and America’s War
on Illegal Immigrants8
Desmond King and Inés Valdez ...................................... 145
This page is protected by copyright and may not be redistributedNarratives of Nation and Anti-Nation: The Media and the Construction of Latinos
as a Threat to the United States9
Leo R. Chavez ................................................. 183
Immigration and the Intersection of Eth nic and National Narratives:
The Case of Eth nic Mexicans in the United States10
Tomás R. Jiménez ............................................... 207
The Writing of History and National Identity: the Danish Case
Claus Møller Jørgensen ........................................... 23111
Grand Narratives in Danish History: From Functional Identity to Problematic
Identity12
Ove Korsgaard ................................................. 261
Who Are We Now? A Multicultural Canada in the Twenty-First Century
J.L. Granatstein ................................................ 27313
Canada’s Story: The Urgency of History
Andrew Cohen 28914
National Identity, American and Otherwise
Francis Fukuyama ............................................... 30315
Narratives of Peoplehood, National History, and Imagined Nations amidst
Diversity. A Conclusion16
Michael Böss .................................................. 317
Index................................................................ 341
CONTENTS INDEX
This page is protected by copyright and may not be redistributedNotes on contributors
Michael Böss is Associate Professor of History and Social Science and Director of the
Canadian Studies Centre at Aarhus University, His research interests are political
theory, the history and theory of nationalism, nationhood and the nation-state.
He is currently doing comparative studies in Canadian and Australian debates on
national identity and multiculturalism. He has published widely on Irish history
and culture. His most recent books are Forsvar for nationen: Nationalstaten under
globaliseringen (In Defence of the Nation: The Nation-state under Globalisation)
(2006), The Nation-state in Transformation: Economic Globalization, Institutional
Mediation and Political Values (2010) and Republikken Danmark: Oplæg til en ny
værdipolitisk debat (The Republic of Denmark: Towards a New Value Politics) (2011).
Leo Chavez is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of
California, Irvine. His research examines various issues related to transnational
migration, including immigrant families and households, labor market participation,
motivations for migration, the use of medical services, and media constructions
of “immigrant” and “nation.” He is the author of Shadowed Lives: Undocumented
Immigrants in American Society (1992, 1997 2nd edition) and Covering Immigration:
Popular Images and the Politics of the Nation (2001), among others. His recent book,
The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation (2008),
examines the role of media spectacles in helping shape how Latinos are constructed as
a threat to the nation and for undermining claims of citizenship.
Andrew Cohen is a professor of journalism and international affairs at Carleton
University in Ottawa. He is a syndicated columnist and a bestselling author. Among
his most recent books are The Unfinished Canadian: The People We Are (2007) and
Extraordinary Canadians: Lester B. Pearson (2008).
Francis Fukuyama is Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute
for International Studies (FSI), resident in FSI’s Center on Democracy, Development,
and the Rule of Law. Dr. Fukuyama has written widely on issues relating to
questions concerning democratization and international political economy. His book,
The End of History and the Last Man, was published by Free Press in 1992 and has
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This page is protected by copyright and may not be redistributedappeared in over twenty foreign editions. His most recent books are America at the
Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy, and Falling Behind:
Explaining the Development Gap between Latin America and the United States. His
latest book, The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French
Revolution will be published in April 2011.
Jack Granatstein taught Canadian history in Toronto for thirty years, is a Senior
Research Fellow of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, and was
Director and CEO of the Canadian War Museum. He has written extensively on all
aspects of Canadian national history and on topics such as citizenship and war and
multiculturalism and its impact on foreign policy.
Mark Haugaard is founding editor of the Journal of Political Power (Routledge), Chair
of the IPSA Research Committee on Power (RC 36) and Senior Lecturer at the
National University of Ireland, Galway. He has published numerous books and articles
on power and social theory, including: (2010) ‘Democracy, Political Power and
Authority’, Social Research, vol 77; (2010) ‘Power: A Family Resemblance concept’
(2010), European Journal of Cultural Studies, 13; (2010) ‘Power and Social Critique’,
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