New Europe

Imagined Spaces
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-340-76055-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 339 g

New Europe: Imagined Spaces traces the radical transformation of European places and spaces over the last two decades. Instead of the familiar 'schoolbook' map of a Europe of nation-states, the book unpacks the differing imaginations of European identity in recent years. Taking as its central problem the fluid nature of cultural and political identity, it moves firmly away from - and calls into question - the perspective of the nation-state as the primary source of imagined identity for Europeans.

The book contributes to key debates, such as the emerging Europe of the Regions and the return of the city-state, examines the 'rebranding' of the nation-state and explores the impact of 'Europeanisation' on existing place identity. Emphasising mobility and movement, the chapters explore borderlands and travel, and also include a detailed discussion of the 'everyday life' of Europeans. Throughout, iconic images of contemporary Europe are invoked: Eurodisney, the Reichstag, Barcelona's Ramblas and the Bilbao Guggenheim, and the way in which mundane artefacts and practices such as football, walking, cars, food, passports and the Euro help construct identity is considered.

New Europe: Imagined Spaces adopts a multidisciplinary approach to studying Europe, providing students with an exploration of contemporary European space and place identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McNeill, Donald

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 The Europeanisation of Europe Europe as a political project The invention of Europe Holiday driving Brussels as capital of Europe Europe and its others: America, Islam, and enlargement Conclusion

2 Europe and the nation Representing the nation The national routine Global media flows and national identities Euro Disney Rebranding the nation Urban landscapes and national identity Europeanising the nation Conclusion

3 Regional renaissance A Europe of the Regions? Why the resurgence of regional identities? Global or local? Regionalism as a political project The Bilbao Guggenheim Conclusion

4 A Europe of the Cities? The European city: 4 approaches The City and the street Transnationalism and the European city Mayors and city politics The Vatican and Global Catholicism Disembedding cities: football and television Conclusion

5 Travelling Europeans Discursive mobilities Corporeal travel Tourists Geographies of speed and movement Conclusions

6 Borderlands and barriers Schengenland and Europe’s external borders Concepts of the border The Berlin Wall Cross-border regions The Channel Tunnel Bridges Conclusions

7 Metroworld Europe’s metroworld Maspero’s ‘Roissy Express’ Roadscapes Consumer landscapes Airports Conclusions

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Über Autor(innen)

Donald McNeill is Associate Professor at the Urban Research Centre, University of Western Sydney. He is the author of Urban Change and the European Left: Tales from the New Barcelona (Routledge, 1999).