Dancing on the graves: Independence, hot/banal nationalism and the mobilization of memory

Political Geography

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 21-31

  Paasi, Anssi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Banal hot nationalism; Finland; Independence; Resistance; War

Indexed keywords

INDEPENDENCE; MEMORY; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; SOVEREIGNTY; STATE BUILDING; WAR;

FINLAND;

EID: 84937914721     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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