Regionalism in the Age of Globalism Vol. 2 : Forms of Regionalism

by Honnighausen, Lothar; Ortlepp, Anke; Peacock, James L.; Steiner, Niklaus

• ISBN13: 9780924119132
• ISBN10: 0924119136
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-20
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

In an age of rapid globalization, regionalism might seem to be a notion better suited to the nineteenth century than the early twenty-first. Far from vanishing, however, regionalism has actually flourished in the last half century. During this time there have been an increasing number of conflicts based on territorial identities, while new regionally based political, economic, cultural, and religious groupings have emerged. This two-volume set, Regionalism in an Age of Globalism, examines the concept of region and regionalism in today's rapidly shrinking world. Building on the insights of a diverse group of scholars, the first volume, Concepts of Regionalism, showcases the wide range of theories and methods that are being applied to regionalism today in the humanities and social sciences. Despite these differences many common themes emerge, most importantly that regions are social and cultural constructs. The second volume, Forms of Regionalism, expands on these themes by presenting concrete examples of regionalism. Case studies explore regionalism in literature, governmental policy, architecture, and other fields in areas as diverse as the American South, Pacific Northwest, Eastern Europe, and the Canadian North. The international contributors represent disciplines including folklore, history, anthropology, linguistics, literature, geography, sociology, and political science. Distributed for the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, University of WisconsinMadison

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
Part I: Regionalism in Europe and North America
1. Regions, European Integration, and the Global Context: Assessing the Role of the European Commission in EU Regional Development
Nicholas Rees	3	(20)
2. Cross-border Cooperation: Regional Network-Building and the Dynamics of Local Identities, National Priorities, and Transcontinental Integration
Andrea Witt	23	(26)
3. Cross-border Regionalism at the "Macro" Scale: The Baltic Sea Region
Robert Ostergren and Mathias Le Bossé	49	(28)
4. Kilting the Cavalier: Regional Heritage and Hybridity
Celeste Ray	77	(16)
5. Regional Diversity in Celebrating Regional Origin: German-American Volksfeste,1870-1920
Heike Bungert	93	(24)
6. The Formation of Regional Identity: The Case of German-American Women in the Midwest
Anke Ortlepp	117	(16)
7. Community, Region, and Language Shift in German-Speaking Wisconsin
Joseph Salmons	133	(12)
8. When Regionalism Meets Language Attitudes: Evidence from Perceptual Dialectology Studies in North America
Meghan P.L. McKinnie	145	(14)
9. Concepts of Region and Regional Distinctiveness Relating to Native American Studies
Andrea Porschen	159	(16)
Part II: New Visions of the American Northwest
10. Globalization, Jurisdiction, and Welfare in the Pacific Northwest
Michael Treleaven, S.J.	175	(20)
11. Fabricating a Place for Vancouver in the Pacific Northwest
Rhodri Windsor Liscombe	195	(14)
12. Eden in Jeopardy: Sites of Insight in Fiction from the Canadian West
Waldemar Zacharasiewicz	209	(16)
13. Cascadia: A "Region" in the Pacific Northwest
Brigitte Haehnle	225	(14)
Part III: Ideas and Images of the North
14. Cultural Borealism and the Canadian Imagination
Konrad Gross	239	(14)
15. "My Canada Includes the North": Literary Representations of the Canadian North in the 1990's
Jutta Zimmermann	253	(20)
16. "I Certainly Like That As an Ideal": The Androgyny of the North in Aritha van Herk's No Fixed Address
Petra Wittke-Rüdiger	273	(10)
17. Comparing Mythologies: The Canadian North versus the American West
Caroline Rosenthal	283	(12)
Part IV: Memory's Region: The South
18. Recasting Southern History: Racial Reconciliation in a Multicultural Age
David Goldfield	295	(18)
19. Memory's Region: Race and Place in the American South
Steven Hoelscher	313	(12)
20. A Tale of Two Regions: Frederick Law Olmsted, Tom Wolfe, and Public Space
Ralph Norman	325	(12)
21. Walker Percy's Sense of Place
Noel Polk	337	(10)
22. The South and the Spirit of 1968: George Garrett's The King of Babylon Shall Not Come Against You
Lothar Hönnighausen	347	(8)
23. Retrospect and Prospect: Region in Global and Comparative Perspective
James L. Peacock	355
Epilogue
Lothar Hönnighausen	371	(2)
Index	373