| Author 1: | Eric Hobsbawm, ed. | |
| Author 2: | Terence Ranger, ed. | |
| Title: | The Invention of Tradition | |
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| Place: | Cambridge | |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | |
| Year: | 1983 | |
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| Location: | UB Tü: 24 A 6847 | |
| Synopsis: | The authors argue that many of the traditions considered ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention: the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture', the elaboration of British royal rituals in the 19th and 20th centuries, the origins of imperial rituals in British India and Africa, and the attempts by radical movements to develop counter-traditions of their own. This book addresses the complex interaction of past and present, bringing together historians and anthropologists in a study of ritual and symbolism. | |
| Keyword 1: | culture | |
| Keyword 2: | postcolonialism | |
| Keyword 3: | history | |
| Keyword 4: | Africa | |
| Keyword 5: | India | |
| Keyword 6: | colonialism | |
| Keyword 7: | anthropology | |
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