2008
DOI: 10.1177/1468796808088925
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Everyday nationhood

Abstract: Examines nationalism 'from below' in an exploration of four ways that nationhood is produced & reproduced in everyday life. The process by which the nation is constituted & legitimated as a discursive construct through 'talking the nation' is described, along with ways that nationhood frames the choices that citizens make ('choosing the nation'). The everyday meanings & invocations of national symbols constitute 'performing the nation,' while 'consuming the nation' refers to the constitution & expression of na… Show more

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“…A way to compensate for this accidental obliteration is to look at 'everyday nationhood' (Fox and Miller-Idriss, 2008). In this perspective the everyday becomes the locus where people creatively and self-consciously mobilize nationhood in their social interactions.…”
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“…A way to compensate for this accidental obliteration is to look at 'everyday nationhood' (Fox and Miller-Idriss, 2008). In this perspective the everyday becomes the locus where people creatively and self-consciously mobilize nationhood in their social interactions.…”
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“…It is the situation in combination with the agents' past experience that gives the symbol its value and meaning. Everyone does not interpret the same image in the same way, and the interpretation of an image can be the opposite of what the sender had in mind (Fox and Miller-Idriss 2008, Sturken and Cartwright, 2009: 75, Hall, 1997. For the girls' part, the scarf symbolizes pride in a group affiliation, but Goran interprets it in a different way.…”
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“…These are three ideologies working alongside; a combination of national symbols, consumption and handcraft. Fox and Miller-Idriss (2008) emphasize that ordinary people are not simply uncritical consumers of the nation; they are simultaneously its creative producers through everyday acts of consumption (cf. Billig 1995Billig /2004.…”
Section: It's All About Love: National Representation and Lovementioning
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“…This certainly holds true for national days; during the celebrations discussed in this special section, some of the basic convictions, images and conflicts associated with nationhood and the nation-state became explicit and accessible for study. The festivals thus constituted privileged opportunities for research into the intricate connections between state-making and nation-building, and into the policies and predicaments of 'performing the nation ' (Askew 2002;Fox and Miller-Idriss 2008). The articles in this special section approach the challenges presented by national-day commemorations and celebrations in contemporary southern Africa in conceptually and methodologically diverse ways.…”
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