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Nation-Work: A Praxeology of Making and Maintaining Nations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2012

Kristin Surak
Kristin Surak*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Universität Duisburg-Essen [[email protected]].
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Abstract

This article bridges the literatures on nationalist projects and everyday nationhood by elucidating a repertoire of actions shared by both. Analysis of such “nation-work” contributes to the cognitive turn in ethnicity and nationalism research by showing how ethnonational categorization operates. Examining variation in this domain shows that though nationalism may project an image of a homogeneous “we”, internal heterogeneity is crucial for refining the experience and performance of membership in the nation.

Keywords

NationalismEthnicityCultureCategorizationJapanNationalismeEthnicitéCultureCatégorisationJaponNationalismusEthnizitätKulturKategorisierungJapan
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Research Articles
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European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , August 2012 , pp. 171 - 204
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Copyright © A.E.S. 2012

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