Title: Discourses of Identity at the Spanish/Portuguese Border: Self-Identification Strategies of Centre and Periphery
Abstract:This article examines the self-identification strategies that officials of two border towns use to characterise their respective localities. These strategies are considered relative to four theoretica...This article examines the self-identification strategies that officials of two border towns use to characterise their respective localities. These strategies are considered relative to four theoretical paradigms used to analyse identity: centre-periphery, regionalist, essentialist and non-essentialist. Clear differences are revealed between the two towns, despite their similar geographical location at the periphery, general demographic features and shared history. In one case, the evidence suggests that the identity is centred locally and affirmed through daily behaviour or 'practices', while in the other, that the identity focus is regional and essentialist in nature.Read More
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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