Social poetics in the nation state removed 20190111 american poets in the 21st century poetics of social engagement 20181220 american poets in the 21st century poetics of social engagement. Herzfeld explores many topics from sheepthieves to flight attendants, from the banality of polite chitchat to the divine vengeance invoked against perjury, and from the personal styles of coffeehouse and barroom. Pdf on oct 1, 1998, marcio goldman and others published cultural intimacy. Using the concept of cultural intimacy as a departure point, this article develops a framework for understanding incongruities in the domestic and international facades of state identity. Michael herzfeld in cultural intimacy, anthropologist michael herzfeld asks why officials treat certain features of national culture as disreputable, and why at the same time it is these features through which the.
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Available formats pdf please select a format to send. A cultural poetics modern greece modern greece a cultural poetics vangelis calotychos oxford new york first published in 2003 by be. Time and the oath in the mountain villages of crete 8. Ultimately herzfeld achieves his goal of demonstrating that state ideologies and the intimacy of everyday social life are revealingly similar 3even when the latter appear to stand in direct opposition to the former. Structural nostalgia time and oath in the mountain villages of crete introduction. Public intellectuals, cultural experimentation, and ethnic pluralism in colombia. Ethnicity, identity and music, in ethnicity, identity and music. Cultural intimacy draws on the authors own extensive fieldwork in greece, as well as on a wide range of comparisons from the united states, africa, western europe, and elsewhere.
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President of the ecb, hearing at the committee on economic and monetary affairs of the european parliament. Contents preface and acknowledgments ix 1 introducing cultural intimacy 1 2 of definitions and boundaries 37 3 persuasive resemblances 56 4 the dangers of. Social poetics in the nationstate, herzfeld elaborated on greek cultural intimacy, arguing that discussions and actions surrounding cultural traits create a social poetics that link the everyday actions of individuals to. Social poetics in the nationstate was first published in 1997, the concept of cultural intimacy has entered the anthropological lexicon and emerged as a key analytical tool for the study of the nationstate and the making of collective identities. Social poetics in the nationstate michael herzfeld chapter 1.
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