Bücher der Reihe Ethnicity and Identity

An analysis of responses to the "Gaelic renaissance" in a Scottish Hebridean community, this text includes description of everyday conceptions of belonging as well as interpretations of cultural policy such as crofting, local history, religion and community development.

Following recent events in Eastern Europe, questions surrounding European identity seem more pressing than ever. This volume explores, through a series of ethnographic case studies, the construction and experience of identities in Western Europe.

Examining the significant relations among art, identity and politics in the modern world, this text investigates the internal and external political disputes underlying the "repatriation" of cultural property.

This volume considers the meanings behind the phenomena called "tourism", the interactions between people labelled "tourists" and the people and places they visit. By focusing on the negotiation of "identity", the symbolic aspects of tourism rituals can be understood.

This book considers the multiple roles ethnicity plays in fostering territorial conflicts, both violent and non-violent, across the globe. It shows how human behaviour is affected by the multiple ways in which people identify with land, topography and natural resources.