Inventing Luxembourg : representations of the past, space and language from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century
Language policy Luxembourgish language Nationalism Sociolinguistics Luxembourg History Boundaries Historiography Language and languages sähkökirjat
Brill
2010
EISBN 9789004188815
pt. 1. Narrating the past.
Introduction. Making sense, producing meaning : time, memory and historical narratives.
Ch. 1. The master narrative of Luxembourg's history.
Ch. 2. The dissemination, reception and public use of the national master narrative.
Ch. 3. Different narratives?.
pt. 2. Drawing the boundaries.
Introduction. From border patrol to border patrol stations?.
Ch. 4. The 'centripetal' discursive strategy : nationalising the territory.
Ch. 5. The 'centrifugal' discursive strategy : de/renationalising the territory.
pt. 3. Constructing the language.
Ch. 6. 'Our German' (1820-1918).
Ch. 7. Making Luxembourgish a language.
The grand duchy of Luxembourg is a showcase example for the constructed nature of national identities. This book explores this construction process from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, focusing on representations of the past, space and language.
Introduction. Making sense, producing meaning : time, memory and historical narratives.
Ch. 1. The master narrative of Luxembourg's history.
Ch. 2. The dissemination, reception and public use of the national master narrative.
Ch. 3. Different narratives?.
pt. 2. Drawing the boundaries.
Introduction. From border patrol to border patrol stations?.
Ch. 4. The 'centripetal' discursive strategy : nationalising the territory.
Ch. 5. The 'centrifugal' discursive strategy : de/renationalising the territory.
pt. 3. Constructing the language.
Ch. 6. 'Our German' (1820-1918).
Ch. 7. Making Luxembourgish a language.
The grand duchy of Luxembourg is a showcase example for the constructed nature of national identities. This book explores this construction process from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, focusing on representations of the past, space and language.
