Becoming Europeans - Cultural Identity and Cultural Policies

In this significant intervention into the academic and institutional debate on European cultural identity, Monica Sassatelli examines the identity-building intentions and effects of the European Capital of Culture programme, and also looks at the work of the Council of Europe and the recent European Landscape Convention.

List of contents

Acknowledgements List of Acronyms List of Illustrations Introduction PART I: MAKING THE EUROPEANS: CULTURAL IDENTITY AND CULTURAL POLICY Imagined Europe: Narratives of European Cultural Identity European Cultural Policies PART II: BEING AND BECOMING: THE EUROPEAN CAPITALS OF CULTURE A Simple Idea and a Vision: The ECOC Programme A 'Wealth of Urban Cultures': The European Cities of Culture in 2000 PART III: EUROPE AS LANDSCAPE: THE EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE CONVENTION From Monuments to Landscape: The European Landscape Convention Europe as a Landscape: Unity in Diversity in Practice Conclusion Bibliography Index

About the author

MONICA SASSATELLI is Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex, UK.

Summary

In this significant intervention into the academic and institutional debate on European cultural identity, Monica Sassatelli examines the identity-building intentions and effects of the European Capital of Culture programme, and also looks at the work of the Council of Europe and the recent European Landscape Convention.

Additional text

Winner of the British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2010

Report

Winner of the British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2010

Product details

• Authors: M Sassatelli, M. Sassatelli
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349359226
• ISBN: 978-1-349-35922-6
• No. of pages: 233
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 216 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 317 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 233 p. 4 illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; B, Cultural History, Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Social History, Communication, Social & cultural history, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Sociology, general, Regional Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, Civilization—History, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, capital;culture;Europe;identity;Institution