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Dan Ben-Amos is Professor of Folklore and Comparative Literature in the Department of Near

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Preface
Introduction: The Aesthetic Nation
1. Making the Nation-State in

Jean-Baptiste Eczet is a lecturer at the École des Hautes

Georg Pfeffer (1943-2020) was Professor of Social and

In this compelling and illuminating account, Geoffrey Hughes vividly demonstrates the

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List of Figures, Ilustrations, Tables and Maps

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1. This book is the first collection of essays by noted folklorist,

Dan Ben-Amos is Professor of Folklore and Comparative Literature in the Department of Near

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