Displaying the Nation: A View of Nineteenth-Century Monuments through a Popular Magazine

National identity is a complex political equation that is nevertheless often represented in a single image. Historically, nation-states have erected monuments to display their power and legitimacy in material form. Yet, despite their apparent physical stability, the meaning of such structures is sub...

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Published in:Central European history 1993-12, Vol.26 (4), p.457-474
Main Author: Belgum, Kirsten
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Celebrations
Liberalism
Magazine publishing
Narrative modes
Nation states
Nationalism
Printing presses
Statues
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Summary:National identity is a complex political equation that is nevertheless often represented in a single image. Historically, nation-states have erected monuments to display their power and legitimacy in material form. Yet, despite their apparent physical stability, the meaning of such structures is subject to alteration and reinterpretation. Thus they provide the intriguing possibility of exploring the ambiguities that emerge when a multi-dimensional social phenomenon like the nation is given a unified representation.
ISSN:0008-9389
1569-1616
DOI:10.1017/S0008938900009407