A Passion for Boundaries: Reflections on Connections between the Everyday Lives of Children and Discourses on the Nation in Contemporary Norway.

摘要: Based on ethnographic work in Norway, this article places children and childhood at the heart of contemporary theories about nationalism national identification. Modern ideas nation can be characterized by an emphasis outer boundaries, contrast to politics organized around dynastic or religious centers with varying spheres influence diffuse external boundaries. The tendency focus boundaries seems generally reinforced present stage capitalist modernity. contention is that as a result interplay between inherited values dramatic social changes, Norwegians put questions units into foreground particular force. Boundaries are important everyday life, popular media political discussions - most notably current debates raising recent European Union. For example, there interesting parallel little sign baby's buggy sa...