Political symbols and national identity in Timor-Leste
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Political symbols and national identity in Timor-Leste
(Rethinking peace and conflict studies)
Palgrave Macmillan, c2019
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Political symbols & national identity in Timor-Leste
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explores how national identity has been negotiated and (re)imagined through the political symbols that embody it in post-conflict Timor-Leste. It develops a Modernist approach to nations and nationalism by incorporating Bourdieusian theories of symbolic capital and conflict, to examine how national identity has been constructed and represented in political symbols. Taking case studies of flags, monuments, national heroes, and street art, it critically analyses how a diverse population has interpreted and (re)constructed its national identity throughout the first decade of independence, and how the transition from a context of conflict to peace has influenced such popular imaginings. By examining these processes of identification with a wide range of symbols, the book discusses the numerous challenges that this young nation-state still faces, including victimhood and recognition, democratization and electoral politics, the political role of cosmology and spirituality, and post-colonial generational differences and divisions.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements List of Figures Chapter One: Introduction: Struggle, suffering and symbols: Narratives of nationalism and representing identityPart I - Commemorative Symbols Chapter Two: Flying the nation's colours: Commemorations of the past and the national flag of Timor-LesteChapter Three: Monuments and memorials: Funu, terus and constructing an East Timorese national identity Part II - National Heroes Chapter Four: The Spirit of Rebellion: National heroes, Dom Boaventura, and Personifying National Identity in Timor-Leste Chapter Five: 'Big Brother Xanana': The cult of personality and the creation of a contemporary national hero Part III - Symbols of Peace and Prosperity Chapter Six: The Struggle Continues: Peace and prosperity, democratic values and development in political party flagsChapter Seven: Painting Peace and Prosperity: Street art, the Geracao Foun, and identifying with an evolving 'East Timorese-ness'Chapter Eight: Conclusion
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