The Father on Display: The House of Jean Monnet and the Construction of European Identity

In the 1980s, the EC engaged in trying actively to construct a European identity, primarily through a ‘manufacturing of symbols', such as a common flag, hymn and day of celebration. A lesser-known element of this symbolic construction was the elevation of the recently deceased Jean Monnet to a...

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Main Author: Christoffer Kølvraa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2012-12-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.124747