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Cultural contestation in ethnic conflict /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Cultural contestation in ethnic conflict // Marc Howard Ross.
Author:	Ross, Marc Howard,
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 360 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Ethnic conflict. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511491115
ISBN:	9780511491115 (ebook)

Cultural contestation in ethnic conflict /
Ross, Marc Howard,

Cultural contestation in ethnic conflict /Marc Howard Ross. - 1 online resource (xix, 360 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in comparative politics. - Cambridge studies in comparative politics..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction : easy questions and hard answers, what are they fighting about? -- The political psychology of competing narratives -- Narratives and performance : ritual enactment and psychocultural dramas in ethnic conflict -- Loyalist parades in Northern Ireland as recurring psychocultural dramas -- Where is Barcelona? Imagining the nation without a state -- Digging up the past to contest the present : politics and archeology in Jerusalem's old city -- Dressed to express : Islamic headscarves in French schools -- The politics of memory and memorialization in post-apartheid South Africa -- Enlarging South Africa's symbolic landscape -- Flags, heroes, and statues : inclusive versus exclusive identity markers in the American South -- Culture's central role in ethnic conflict.

Ethnic conflict often focuses on culturally charged symbols and rituals that evoke strong emotions from all sides. Marc Howard Ross examines battles over diverse cultural expressions, including Islamic headscarves in France, parades in Northern Ireland, holy sites in Jerusalem and Confederate flags in the American South to propose a psychocultural framework for understanding ethnic conflict, as well as barriers to, and opportunities for, its mitigation. His analysis explores how culture frames interests, structures demand-making and shapes how opponents can find common ground to produce constructive outcomes to long-term disputes. He focuses on participants' accounts of conflict to identify emotionally significant issues, and the power of cultural expressions to link individuals to larger identities and shape action. Ross shows that, contrary to popular belief, culture does not necessarily exacerbate conflict; rather, the constructed nature of psychocultural narratives can facilitate successful conflict mitigation through the development of more inclusive narratives and identities.

ISBN: 9780511491115 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

555403
Ethnic conflict.

LC Class. No.: HM1121 / .R66 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 305.8

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