United in Visual Diversity

Images and Counter-images of Europe

• Author(s): Benjamin Drechsel, Claus Leggewie,
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Pages: 253
• ISBN_10: 3706548607
  ISBN_13: 9783706548601
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / General , Political Science / General , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / World / European , Religion / Christianity / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Travel / Europe / General ,

Description:...

Europe has no outstanding political icon. Yet, lots of weaker motifs and widespread iconographies give Europe a face to be seen. The motto of the European Union proves to be well founded, when it comes to images and counter-images of Europe. The texts in this volume analyze central, peripheral, and external iconographies; they add some interesting facets to our knowledge of these various different visual constructions of Europe.