Imagined States

• Main Author: Porter, Gerald (auth)
• Other Authors: Giudice, Luisa D. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: No linguistic content, Not applicable
• Published: Utah State University, University Libraries 2001
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

An international ensemble of folklore scholars looks at varied ways in which national and ethnic groups have traditionally and creatively used imagined states of existence-some idealizations, some demonizations-in the construction of identities for themselves and for others. Drawing on oral traditio...