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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Bryant, Chad Carl (1971-....)
Titre(s) : Prague [Texte imprimé] : belonging in the modern city / Chad Bryant
Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard University Press, [2021]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (332 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-317) and index
"A poignant reflection on alienation and belonging, told through the lives of five
remarkable people who struggled against nationalism and intolerance in one of Europe's
most stunning cities. What does it mean to belong somewhere? For many of Prague's
inhabitants, belonging has been linked to the nation, embodied in the capital city.
Grandiose medieval buildings and monuments to national heroes boast of a glorious,
shared history. Past governments, democratic and Communist, layered the city with
architecture that melded politics and nationhood. Not all inhabitants, however, felt
included in these efforts to nurture national belonging. Socialists, dissidents, Jews,
Germans, and Vietnamese-all have been subject to hatred and political persecution
in the city they called home. Chad Bryant tells the stories of five marginalized individuals
who, over the last two centuries, forged their own notions of belonging in one of
Europe's great cities. An aspiring guidebook writer, a German-speaking newspaperman,
a Bolshevik carpenter, an actress of mixed-heritage who came of age during the Communist
terror, and a Czech-speaking Vietnamese blogger: none of them is famous, but their
lives are revealing. They speak to tensions between exclusionary nationalism and on-the-ground
diversity. In their struggles against alienation and dislocation, they forged alternative
communities in cafes, workplaces, and online. While strolling park paths, joining
political marches, or writing about their lives, these outsiders come to embody a
city that, on its surface, was built for others. A powerful and creative meditation
on place and nation, the individual and community, Prague envisions how cohesion and
difference might coexist as it acknowledges a need common to all"
Sujet(s) : Appartenance (psychologie sociale) -- Prague (République tchèque)
Aliénation sociale -- Prague (République tchèque)
Nationalisme -- Prague (République tchèque)
Minorités -- Prague (République tchèque)
Genre ou forme : Études de cas
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674048652. - ISBN 0674048652
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47311094k
Notice n° :
FRBNF47311094
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: Belonging and Imagination ; German City ; Czech City ; Revolution
City ; Communist City ; Global City ; Conclusion: The Stones of Old Town Square.
