This article offers a close reading of the parliamentary debates of July and October 1978, regarding the partial liberalisation of abortion in Luxembourg. It highlights rhetorical strategies and underlying moral, ethical and ideological lines of argumentation of MPs in a key legislation of the Liberal-Socialist coalition of the late 1970s.
Welche Handlungsspielräume besaßen adelige Frauen in Frankreich und England in der frühen Neuzeit? Waren sie im Umfeld der Religionskriege, der politischen Machtkämpfe und des wirtschaftlichen Nepotismus dieses Zeitalters eingeschränkt oder eröffneten sich ihnen hier neue Chancen? Im Mittelpunkt der Studie stehen die Herzogin von La Trémoïlle, bekannt als »Königin der Hugenotten«, und ihre Schwägerin, die Gräfin von Derby. Anhand der Biographien dieser prominenten Gestalten werden die Entfaltungsmöglichkeiten für Frauen in einer zutiefst patriarchalisch geprägten Gesellschaft exemplarisch beleuchtet. Das aktive Engagement beider Protagonistinnen sowohl in der Fronde als auch im Englischen Bürgerkrieg wirft neue Schlaglichter auf Geschlechterrollen und Geschlechterbeziehungen in dieser Epoche. Ihr Handeln ist dokumentiert in Bittschriften, der Mobilisierung von Netzwerken und ihrer Vermittlungstätigkeit im Hintergrund der großen Politik. Es beschränkt sich dabei aber nicht auf die unmittelbaren Kriegszusammenhänge. Im Gegenteil. Viele adelige Frauen waren – entgegen dem Bild einer »natürlichen« weiblichen Passivität, das theologische Schriften, Haushaltsbücher und Etikette vermitteln – höchst aktiv an den Verwaltungsgeschäften umfangreicher Ländereien beteiligt, sie beaufsichtigten das Haus- und Dienstpersonal oder zogen bei Gerichtsprozessen im Hintergrund die Fäden. Eine detaillierte Untersuchung der wirtschaftlichen Situation der Familie La Trémoïlle und ihres Verwaltungsapparates zeigt, dass der Einfluss von Frauen im konkreten Fall davon abhing, ob ihre Ehe als ökonomische Partnerschaft funktionierte und auf gegenseitigem Vertrauen beruhte, oder nicht. Mit der Familie La Trémoïlle als Prisma, eröffnen sich neue Blickwinkel auf die Hof- und Adelskultur Frankreichs und Englands. Um etwa den angestrebten Titel eines »prince étranger« am Hofe Ludwigs XIV. zu erlangen, gingen die La Trémoïlle Heiratsallianzen mit den souveränen Fürstenhäusern von Oranien-Nassau, Hessen-Kassel und Derby ein. Letztere wurden – entgegen ihrem tatsächlichen Status – als Herren über die Isle of Man dargestellt. Die Wirkungsmacht von Repräsentationen und die selektive Nutzung von Verbindungen mit angesehenen protestantischen Dynastien versuchte auch Lady Derby am Hofe Charles I. und später Charles II. ins Spiel zu bringen. Ihr blieb allerdings kein Erfolg beschieden. Die Briefe, die Lady Derby vierzig Jahre lang an ihre »liebe Schwester«, die Herzogin von La Trémoïlle, schrieb, bilden ein au?ergewöhnlich reiches Quellenmaterial. Sie stehen im Zentrum der Detailanalyse. Zusammen mit einer Reihe anderer Korrespondenzen, persönlichen Memoiren, Autobiographien, Inventaren und Konten sind sie das Rückgrat der Studie; sie zeichnen ein schillerndes Bild des Zeitalters.
To whom do the dead belong? The French Foreign Legion exemplifies a modern military conundrum: how to reconcile loyal and patriotic duty with mercenary service or, in neutral terms, military labour. This article investigates soldierly funeral culture in the long nineteenth century, with a focus on the entangled histories of Luxembourg and France. The Foreign Legion's transnational recruitment makes this armed force a unique case study to explore military commemoration across state borders, honouring the dead and the living alike. Since its establishment to fight outside mainland France, rooted in the conquest of Algeria (1830–1857), the Legion has been the only branch of the French military whose members swear allegiance not to France, but to the corps itself: its motto is Legio Patria Nostra (»The Legion is our Homeland«). As a military parallel society and temporary »ersatz nation«, the Legion has elaborated a specific death cult, which has both a corporeal (body-centred, individual) and a sur-real (transcendent, communal) dimension. The two dimensions cannot be rigidly delimited: they clearly overlap and can be shared with other nations, as the case of Luxembourg demonstrates.
Machine generated contents note:1.Exploring Constructions of Space and Identity in Border Regions /Rachel Reckinger --2.Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Borders, Spaces and Identities --2.1.Establishing, Crossing and Expanding Borders /Johanna M. Gelberg --2.2.Spaces: Approaches and Perspectives of Investigation /Markus Hesse --2.3.Processes of (Self)Identification /Rachel Reckinger --2.4.Methodology and Situative Interdisciplinarity /Christian Wille --2.5.References --3.Space and Identity Constructions Through Institutional Practices --3.1.Policies and Normalizations --3.2.On the Construction of Spaces of Im-/Morality. A Power Analysis Perspective on the Problematization of Prostitution c. 1900 /Heike Mauer --3.3.Castles as Instruments of Hegemonial Space Construction and Representation. The Example of the County of Vianden /Bernhard Kreutz --3.4.Biogas -- Power -- Space. On the Construction of Energy Regions in Border Areas /Fabian Faller --3.5.S̀overeignty' and ̀Discipline' in the Media. On the Value of Foucault's Governmentality Theory: The Example of an Interdiscursive Analysis of the Migration Discourse in Luxembourg /Elena Kreutzer --3.6.Conclusions --3.7.References --4.Space and Identity Constructions Through Media-Related Practices --4.1.Representations and Projections --4.2.Multilingual Advertising and Regionalization in Luxembourg /Julia de Bres --4.3.Artistic and Cultural Stakes for the Works Selected for the Robert Schuman Art Award: Exhibition and Publication Spaces -- Places of Transformation as well as Artistic and Cultural Interstice? /Paul di Felice --4.4.Threshold of Exhibition Venues: Access to the World of Culture /Celine Schall --4.5.Literature of the In-between. The Multilingual Stagings of the Publisher ultimomondo /Till Dembeck --4.6."Mir gesinn eis dono op facebook" -- (Self- ) Stagings of Luxembourg Teenagers in Social Media as Virtual Identity Constructions /Luc Belling --4.7.Petrol Stations as In-Between Spaces I: Practices and Narratives /Sonja Kmec --4.8.Petrol Stations as In-Between Spaces II: Transfiguration /Agnes Prum --4.9.Conclusions --4.10.References --5.Space and Identity Constructions Through Everyday-Cultural Practices --5.1.Subjectifications and Subjectivations --5.2.Sustainable Everyday Eating Practices from the Perspective of Spatial Identifications /Rachel Reckinger --5.3.Gender Spaces /Christel Baltes-Lohr --5.4.Identity Constructions and Regionalization: Commemoration of the Dead in the Treveri Region (2nd/3rd century AD) -- Family Identities on Tombstones in Arlon /Andrea Binsfeld --5.5.Workers' Housing Estates and their Residents: Constructions of Space and Collective Constitution of the Subject /Laure Caregari --5.6.Periurban Luxembourg. Definition, Positioning and Discursive Construction of Suburban Spaces at the Border between City and Countryside /Markus Hesse --5.7.Remembering the Second World War in Luxembourg and the Border Regions of its Three Neighbours /Benno Sonke Schulz --5.8.Beyond Luxembourg. Space and Identity Constructions in the Context of Cross-Border Residential Migration /Elisabeth Boesen --5.9.Linguistic Identifications in the Luxembourg-German Border Region /Britta Weimann --5.10.Conclusions --5.11.References --6."Luxembourg is the Singapore of the West" -- Looking Ahead /Markus Hesse --7.Interview Guidelines.
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Spatial and identity research operates with differentiations and relations. These are particularly useful heuristic tools when examining border regions where social and geopolitical demarcations diverge. Applying this approach, the authors of this volume investigate spatial and identity constructions in cross-border contexts as they appear in everyday, institutional and media practices. The results are discussed with a keen eye for obliquely aligned spaces and identities and relinked to governmental issues of normalization and subjectivation. The studies base upon empirical surveys conducted in Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Spatial and identity research operates with differentiations and relations. These are particularly useful heuristic tools when examining border regions where social and geopolitical demarcations diverge. Applying this approach, the authors of this volume investigate spatial and identity constructions in cross-border contexts as they appear in everyday, institutional and media practices. The results are discussed with a keen eye for obliquely aligned spaces and identities and relinked to governmental issues of normalization and subjectivation. The studies base upon empirical surveys conducted in Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Die Raum- und Identitätsforschung arbeitet mit Unterscheidungen und Relationen. Diese sind als heuristische Instrumente besonders in Grenzregionen gewinnbringend, wenn soziale und geopolitische Markierungen auseinanderfallen. Die Beiträge des Bandes setzen hier an. Anhand empirischer Erhebungen in Deutschland, Frankreich, Belgien und Luxemburg untersuchen sie Raum- und Identitätskonstruktionen in grenzüberschreitenden Bezügen, wie sie sich in alltäglichen, institutionellen und medialen Praktiken manifestieren. Die Ergebnisse werden mit sensiblem Blick für quer liegende Räume und Identitäten diskutiert und an gouvernementale Fragen der Normierung und Subjektivierung rückgebunden.
Die Raum- und Identitätsforschung arbeitet mit Unterscheidungen und Relationen. Diese sind als heuristische Instrumente besonders in Grenzregionen gewinnbringend, wenn soziale und geopolitische Markierungen auseinanderfallen. Die Beiträge des Bandes setzen hier an. Anhand empirischer Erhebungen in Deutschland, Frankreich, Belgien und Luxemburg untersuchen sie Raum- und Identitätskonstruktionen in grenzüberschreitenden Bezügen, wie sie sich in alltäglichen, institutionellen und medialen Praktiken manifestieren. Die Ergebnisse werden mit sensiblem Blick für quer liegende Räume und Identitäten diskutiert und an gouvernementale Fragen der Normierung und Subjektivierung rückgebunden.
This book is divided into three main parts, dealing with historical narration, territory and language. Historical narrations have played a key role in 'inventing' national, gendered, ethnic and racial identities, and in presenting deterministic and essentialist conceptions of time and human action. The importance of (abstract and social) space in the production of history and the equal importance of the temporal dimension in the production of geography have been underlined by Doreen Massey. Her concept of 'space/time' abolishes the binary opposition of time and space and defines them as interrelated.This double process of spatial and temporal construction of identity is analysed here in a diachronic way from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century, comprising the period traditionally considered as key to nation-building processes as well as current trends towards de-and renationalisation. The scale of this study is limited to discourse in Luxembourg and concerns the production of internal and external borders. Part One retraces the 'genealogy' of the master narrative from the early modern period and examines its absorption into public expressions of political self-identity after 1919. It then looks at the dissemination of the master narrative by means of textbooks, celebrations, literature and popular culture. Finally, it highlights the transformations of this narrative, the opening of fields of possibilities and new trends. Part Two examines how representations of space complement the master narrative by embedding past experiences in a certain territory and within certain defined borders. Territorial delimitations are projected back in time and legitimised by reference to the same bounded space in the past. Two different discursive strategies for the creation of 'collective identity' are distinguished: the centripetal and the centrifugal. The former characterises the national master narrative, while the latter has more of a supranational, Great Regional or European focus. Part Three traces the evolution of Luxembourgish, which still is in full nationalisation mode. Once again, the watershed here seems to have come in 1919, when the language began to be seen not as a mere dialect of German, but as a distinctly different tongue. On first sight, a native language seems to be a constant of human existence, in the sense both of history and of an individual's life. As its title indicates, however, this book seeks to deconstruct the notion of a natural language and focuses on the act of creation and on the social actors involved in this process. The evolution of the language is, moreover, placed in a broad context. Th e gradual codification of Luxembourgish was part of a larger movement which aimed to give the comparatively young state a sense of substance and meaning. As in most European nationstates, the state of Luxembourg existed before any systematic attempts at nation-building were undertaken. It was—and still is—heavily involved in this process. Thus, in recent years, Luxembourg has created new national institutions, such as the Central Bank in 1998, the University of Luxembourg in 2003, and the establishment of several Luxembourg-related research institutes between 1995 and 2008. This book investigates whether this nationalisation tendency may be confirmed by the study of the representations of the past, the territory and the language from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
Part 1. Hypermobilities and Immobilities: Local-Global Relations in European Cemeteries -- 1. Hindu Mobilities and Cremation: Minority, Migrant and Gendered Dialogues and Dialectics in English and Welsh Towns (Avril Maddrell, Brenda Mathijssen, Yasminah Beebeejaun, Katie McClymont & Danny McNally) -- 2. Cemeteries as Translocal Contact Zones: Navigating Regulations, Unwritten Rules and Divergent Expectations in Luxembourg City (Mariske Westendorp & Sonja Kmec) -- 3. Managing Migrant Border Deaths in Southern Italy: Medico-legal, Ritual and Burial Practices (Daniela Stauffacher) -- Part 2. Migrants and Minorities Past and Present in European Cemeteries -- 4. Dundee, Migration, and the Historic Jute Trade: Interweaving Bengali-Dundee Cemetery Practices and Spaces (Yasminah Beebeejaun, Danielle House & Avril Maddrell) -- 5. Minorities In, Minorities Out: Cemeteries, Religious Diversity and the French Body Politic in Contemporary and Historical Perspective (Alistair Hunter) -- 6. Cultural Jewishness and Geographically Bounded Identity: Negotiating Jewish Identity and the Jewish Cemetery in the Local Context of Trondheim, Norway (Ida Marie Høeg) -- Part 3. Changing and Contemporary Practices in European Cemeteries -- 7. Contemporary 'Outsiders' in Narratives of Belonging in Cork's Cemeteries: Reflections on experiences of Irish Travellers and Recent Polish Migrants (Katie McClymont & Danielle House) -- 8. Co-Creating and Co-Producing Multicultural Cemeteries in Norway and Sweden: A Comparative Study with Insights from Drammen, Eskilstuna and Umeå (Helena Nordh, Marianne Knapskog, Tanu Priya Uteng & Carola Wingren) -- 9. The Economics and Politics of Dedicated Funerary Provision for Migrant and Minority Groups: A Perspective from the Netherlands (Christoph Jedan) -- Afterword: Mobilising Death Studies.
