Branding the nation : the global business of national identity
Title:
Branding the nation : the global business of national identity
Author:
Aronczyk, Melissa.
ISBN:
9780199329182
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages).
Contents:
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: there must certainly be some such place -- Nation and brand : keywords for the twenty-first century -- The new and improved nation : how culture became competitive -- Living the brand : the identity strategies of nation branding consultants -- Creative tension, normal nation : branding national identity in Poland -- From bland to brand : transforming Canadian culture -- Trading spaces : the world tour -- Conclusion: variable utopias -- List of references -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
What happens to the nation when it is reconceived as a brand? How does nation branding change the terms of politics and culture in a globalized world? This book offers a unique critical perspective on the power of brands to affect how we think about space, value, and identity.
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Electronic Access:
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