The Making of the Nation/State: Organising National-Day Celebrations in Burkina Faso
National-day celebrations are moments for staging and reproducing nations. Whereas other social affiliations and differences such as ethnic or regional belonging, age or religious orientation are often more relevant in everyday life, national-day celebrations place national belonging at the forefro...
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| Udgivet i: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/anthropodev, |
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Anthropologie & développement
2022
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | National-day celebrations are moments for staging and reproducing nations. Whereas other social affiliations and differences such as ethnic or regional belonging, age or religious orientation are often more relevant in everyday life, national-day celebrations place national belonging at the forefront, and stage it as a superordinate category of belonging. At the same time, they also stage and reproduce the state that organises the huge festivities, thereby proving its organisational powers a... |
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