Brittany, 1750-1950 : the invisible nation /

Brittany, 1750-1950 : the invisible nation /

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Author / Creator:	Gemie, Sharif.
Imprint:	Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2007.
Description:	xv, 308 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Group identity -- France -- Brittany. Political culture -- France -- Brittany. National characteristics, Breton. Group identity. Literature. National characteristics, Breton. Political culture. Politics and government Brittany (France) -- In literature. Brittany (France) -- Politics and government. France -- Brittany.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6661155

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ISBN:	9780708320020 (hbk.) 0708320023 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-299) and index.
Summary:	"This work is the first title of its kind in either English or French. It analyses the cultures and politics of identity in modern Brittany, highlighting the region's special status within France. Brittany: 1750-1950 analyses the paradoxes of the region's political culture, concentrating on episodes in which the majority of the Breton people have acted. While Brittany has never produced a substantial Breton nationalist movement, important assertions of separate identity and culture have created a diffuse and original interpretation of nationhood in this region."--BOOK JACKET.
Other form:	Online version: Gemie, Sharif. Brittany, 1750-1950. Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2007 Online version: Gemie, Sharif. Brittany, 1750-1950. Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2007

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Summary:	Incorporated into France nearly five hundred years ago, Brittany has never experienced a strong nationalist movement. However, somewhat paradoxically, in recent years signs of a sense of cultural separation from France have grown more evident, raising fundamental questions about the processes of nation formation. By covering two centuries of Breton history, Sharif Gemie provides a thorough grounding in the complex politics of identity in Brittany. Brittany's conflicted status is elucidated through a discussion of how these notions of identity are represented in a variety of forms such as literature, political debates, festivals, and popular protest.
Physical Description:	xv, 308 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-299) and index.
ISBN:	9780708320020 0708320023