Affective Nationalism: Bodies, Materials and Encounters with the Nation in Azerbaijan

Affective Nationalism: Bodies, Materials and Encounters with the Nation in Azerbaijan
ISBN-10
3643802781
ISBN-13
9783643802781
Category
Science
Pages
165
Language
English
Published
2018-10
Publisher
LIT Verlag Münster
Author
Elisabeth Militz

Description

This book develops the concept of affective nationalism - the banal affirmation of the national emerging in moments of encounter between different bodies and objects. Based on eight months of ethnographic field work, conducted between 2012 and 2014 in Azerbaijan, the book examines the ways in which moments of bodily encounter perpetuate banal enactments and experiences of national belonging and alienation. The book advances scholarship on nationalism and affect by suggesting to study nationalisms not as given, but as potential and emergent experiences of differently positioned bodies in a world divided into nations.

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