Displaying the Nation
A View of Nineteenth-Century Monuments through a Popular Magazine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9643170 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirsten Belgum (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 457-474 |
| Publication date | 1993-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Central European History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-9389 • E-ISSN: 1569-1616 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008938900009407 |
| OpenAlex | W2165879350 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
National identity is a complex political equation that is nevertheless often represented in a single image. Historically, nation-states have erected monuments to display their power and legitimacy in material form. Yet, despite their apparent physical stability, the meaning of such structures is subject to alteration and reinterpretation. Thus they provide the intriguing possibility of exploring the ambiguities that emerge when a multi-dimensional social phenomenon like the nation is given a unified representation
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Identity (music · Legitimacy · Meaning (existential · Media studies · National identity · Phenomenon · Physics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Reinterpretation · Representation (politics · Sociology · Subject (documents · Australian History and Society · Computer Science · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2007 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |