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Of Mind and Matter: The Duality of National Identity in the German-Danish Borderlands

Of Mind and Matter: The Duality of National Identity in the German-Danish Borderlands

Thaler, Peter

Paperback

Series: Central European Studies

General European HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGerman History

ISBN10: 1557535248
ISBN13: 9781557535245
Publisher: Purdue Univ Pr
Published: Nov 15 2009
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Of Mind and Matter analyzes identity formation in the multicultural border region of Sleswig. It highlights the changeability of national sentiments and explores what has motivated local inhabitants to define themselves as Germans or Danes. The analysis focuses especially on the respective national minorities, among whom the transitional and flexible aspects of Sleswig identity surface most clearly. The study investigates national sentiments in a border region from a theoretical and comparative perspective. It relies on diverse forms of historical evidence, including quantitative sources such as language statistics and election results, but also more subjective sources such as personal life stories and interviews. The study pays equal attention to German and Danish source material. Of Mind and Matter adds important new angles to the literature on national identity in border areas and fills a conspicuous gap in English-language historiography, which completely lacks modern analyses of Sleswig history.

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