The cultural politics of nationalism and nation-building [Book] : ritual and performance in the forging of nations / edited by Rachel Tsang and Eric Taylor Woods.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ritual and performance in the study of nations and nationalism / Eric Taylor Woods and Rachel Tsang -- The rites of nations : elites, masses and the re-enactment of the "national past" / Anthony D. Smith -- National holiday commemorations : the view from below / Jon E. Fox -- Time-bubbles of nationalism : dynamics of solidarity ritual in lived time / Randall Collins -- Competition as ritual and the legitimation of the liberal nation state / Jonathan Hearn -- Ritual in the early Louvre Museum / Carol Duncan -- Inventing or reviving the Greek ideal? : forging the regeneration of the French nation in the art of Paul Cézanne after the Franco-Prussian War / Athena S. Leoussi -- "The nation's shrine" : conflict and commemoration at Yasukuni, modern Japan's shrine to the war dead / John Breen -- Collective action and national identity : the rally to restore sanity / Rachel D. Hutchins -- Britons in Maoriland : narratives of identity during the 1901 royal visit to New Zealand / Christopher McDonald.

"The role of performance and rituals is central to the study of nationalism and ethnicity. This book explores, debates and evaluates the role of rituals and performances in the emergence, persistence and transformation of nations, nationalisms and national identity"-- Provided by publisher.