Political Symbols and National Identity in Timor-Leste

• Main Author: Arthur, Catherine E. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
• Subjects: International relations.; Democracy.; Elections.; Economic development.; Political leadership.; Asia-Politics and government.; International Relations Theory.; Electoral Politics.; Development and Post-Colonialism.; Political Leadership.; Asian Politics.

This book explores how national identity has been negotiated and (re)imagined through the political symbols that embody it in post-conflict Timor-Leste. It develops a Modernist approach to nations and nationalism by incorporating Bourdieusian theories of symbolic capital and conflict, to examine how...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter One: Introduction: Struggle, suffering and symbols: Narratives of nationalism and representing identity
• Chapter Two: Flying the nation's colours: Commemorations of the past and the national flag of Timor-Leste
• Chapter Three: Monuments and memorials: Funu, terus and constructing an East Timorese national identity
• Chapter Four: The Spirit of Rebellion: National heroes, Dom Boaventura, and Personifying National Identity in Timor-Leste
• Chapter Five: 'Big Brother Xanana': The cult of personality and the creation of a contemporary national hero
• Chapter Six: The Struggle Continues: Peace and prosperity, democratic values and development in political party flags
• Chapter Seven: Painting Peace and Prosperity: Street art, the Geração Foun, and identifying with an evolving 'East Timorese-ness'
• Chapter Eight: Conclusion.