Reading the Fools' Mirror

Reconstituting Identity against National and Transnational Political Practices

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2467805
AutoresHermine G De Soto (University of Wisconsin–Madison, autor de correspondencia)
Año1998
Volumen25
Número3
Páginas471-488
Fecha de publicación1998-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Ethnologist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/ae.1998.25.3.471
OpenAlexW2006413352
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas41

Previous identity studies have often been presented within a theoretical framework that overemphasizes either the micro or macro context but in which the interaction of both levels is inadequately considered. In this article I examine the conflictual relationship between these levels within a late-modern community in western Germany to show (1) how these national and transnational contexts affect local (micro) existence, and (2) how these effects are turned against national and transnational (macro) economic, political, and policies. I utilize the concept of ritual practice to analyze these unbounded relationships and to explore further how people in a mountainous border village in the Black Forest employ symbols and history in their regional carnival. I argue that these ritualistic practices demonstrate resistance to the national and transnational political and economic forces and the simultaneous reconstitution of local identities, [ritualistic practice, European transnational economic regulations, national policies, western Germany, identity

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