Political Symbols and National Identity in Timor-Leste / by Catherine E. Arthur.
Arthur, Catherine E., author
2019
JZ2-6530
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Title Political Symbols and National Identity in Timor-Leste / by Catherine E. Arthur.
Author Arthur, Catherine E., author
ISBN 9783319987828
3319987828
9783319987811
331998781X
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98782-8
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 257 pages 33 illustrations, 28 illustrations in color.) : online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-98782-8 doi
Call Number JZ2-6530
Dewey Decimal Classification 327.101
Summary This book explores how national identity has been negotiated and (re)imagined through the political symbols that embody it in post-conflict Timor-Leste. It develops a Modernist approach to nations and nationalism by incorporating Bourdieusian theories of symbolic capital and conflict, to examine how national identity has been constructed and represented in political symbols. Taking case studies of flags, monuments, national heroes, and street art, it critically analyses how a diverse population has interpreted and (re)constructed its national identity throughout the first decade of independence, and how the transition from a context of conflict to peace has influenced such popular imaginings. By examining these processes of identification with a wide range of symbols, the book discusses the numerous challenges that this young nation-state still faces, including victimhood and recognition, democratization and electoral politics, the political role of cosmology and spirituality, and post-colonial generational differences and divisions. Catherine Arthur is currently an Early Career Researcher. Dr Arthur's research on post-conflict nation-building, identity politics, and symbols particularly focuses on Timor-Leste as a transitional society.
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Series Rethinking peace and conflict studies.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783319987811
Print version: 9783319987835
Print version: 9783030075293
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Chapter One: Introduction: Struggle, suffering and symbols: Narratives of nationalism and representing identity
Chapter Two: Flying the nation's colours: Commemorations of the past and the national flag of Timor-Leste
Chapter Three: Monuments and memorials: Funu, terus and constructing an East Timorese national identity
Chapter Four: The Spirit of Rebellion: National heroes, Dom Boaventura, and Personifying National Identity in Timor-Leste
Chapter Five: 'Big Brother Xanana': The cult of personality and the creation of a contemporary national hero
Chapter Six: The Struggle Continues: Peace and prosperity, democratic values and development in political party flags
Chapter Seven: Painting Peace and Prosperity: Street art, the Geração Foun, and identifying with an evolving 'East Timorese-ness'
Chapter Eight: Conclusion.

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