Ideology, collective action and cultural identity in the Breton movement, western France.

Title: Ideology, collective action and cultural identity in the Breton movement, western France.
Identifier: AAI9304704
identifier: 9304704
Creator: Maynard, David.
Contributor: Adviser: Jane Schneider
Date: 1992
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Anthropology, Cultural | History, European | Sociology, Social Structure and Development
Abstract: This dissertation presents an ethnographic and historical study of a contemporary ethnoregionalist social movement in Brittany (western France) known as the Breton movement. Based on anthropological fieldwork conducted in 1985-1987, the interconnections between ideology-production, collective action and life experiences of participants in the movement are examined in order to construct a holistic account of a counter-hegemonic culture of resistance. Particular analytical attention is paid to structural and ideological explanations of the relative "weakness" of Breton ethnic politics and its attempts to resist capitalist inequality and French state power in Brittany. Recent theories of social movements are reviewed and critiqued and a more anthropologically informed alternative theoretical approach is suggested.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

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