National Matters

Geneviève Zubrzycki is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia at the University of Michigan.

"Geneviève Zubrzycki has brought together an original collection of essays laden with fresh insights. Attending to the concrete experiences that sustain large-scale political identities, National Matters brings the new materiality to bear on nationalism in order to shed light on a subject of perennial significance."—Webb Keane, University of Michigan "National Matters brims with engrossing details, bringing together a lucid introduction and well-crafted essays into coherent conversation. Essential reading for cultural sociologists, scholars of nationalism, and students of material culture."—Philip Gorski, Yale University

• Matter and Meaning: A Cultural Sociology of Nationalism-Geneviève Zubrzycki 1. Artisans and the Construction of the French State: The Political Role of the Louvre's Workshops-Chandra Mukerji 2. In, On, and Of the Inviolable Soil: Pottery Fragments and the Materiality of Italian Nationhood-Fiona Greenland 3. Raw Materials: Natural Resources, Technological Discourse, and the Making of Canadian Nationalism-Melissa Aronczyk 4. Simultaneously Worlds Apart: Placing National Diversity on Display at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts-Peggy Levitt 5. A Brief History of Sweat: Inscribing "National Feeling" on and through a Football Jersey-Claudio E. Benzecry 6. That Banal Object of Nationalism: "Old Stones" as French Heritage in the Early Days of Public Television-Alexandra Kowalski 7. The Mythical Power of Everyday Objects: The Material Culture of Radical Nationalism in Postsocialist Hungary-Virág Molnár 8. Engaging Objects: A Phenomenology of the Tea Ceremony and Japaneseness-Kristin Surak 9. Traces and Steps: Expanding Polishness through a Jewish Sensorium?-Geneviève Zubrzycki 10. A Temple of Social Hope? Tempelhof Airport in Berlin and Its Transformation-Dominik Bartmański