Fabio Spirinelli: Staging the Nation in an Intermediate Space, Gebunden
Staging the Nation in an Intermediate Space
- Cultural Policy in Luxembourg and the State Museums (1918-1974)
- Publisher:
- de Gruyter Oldenbourg, 06/2025
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9783119147439
- Item number:
- 12232635
- other:
- 28 b/w illustrations, 3 b/w tbl.
- Weight:
- 910 g
- Format:
- 230 x 161 mm
- Thickness:
- 34 mm
- Release date:
- 30.6.2025
- Series:
- Studien zur transnationalen Zeitgeschichte Luxemburgs& - volume 3
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
In Luxembourg, the evolution of cultural policy remains underexplored despite its pivotal role in the nation-building process. This book investigates how national cultural policy evolved from the 1920s to the early 1970s, casting Luxembourg as a nationalized intermediate space between French and German influences. Featuring a case study of the history and art section of the State Museums - the precursor to today's Musée national d'archéologie, d'histoire et d'art - the book examines the interplay of structures, actors, and discourses and how a cultural institution was intertwined with cultural policy. The study exposes the tensions between adopting external models, on the one hand, and asserting a distinct national culture amid interventionist policies, on the other hand. By including the occupation period from 1940 to 1944, it illustrates how Nazi policies challenged Luxembourg's nation-building by seeking to integrate it into the Third Reich. Combining theoretical analysis with archival research, this work offers nuanced insights into nation-building processes and is highly relevant for historians, cultural policy scholars, and museum professionals.
Biography
Fabio Spirinelli, B.A., wurde 1990 in Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxemburg) geboren. Sein Studium in Bachelor en Cultures Européennes Histoire schloss der Autor 2012 an der Université du Luxembourg erfolgreich ab.Notes:
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