TY - BOOK ID - 31002047 TI - Signifying Europe PY - 2012 SN - 1283610019 9786613922465 1841506575 1841505218 9781841506579 1841504807 9781841504803 9781841505213 PB - Bristol : Intellect, DB - UniCat KW - Europe -- Economic integration -- Social aspects. KW - Europe -- Symbolic representation. KW - Signs and symbols -- Europe. KW - Europe KW - symbols KW - European identity KW - European flag KW - European anthem KW - euro KW - European Union KW - Group identity KW - Signs and symbols KW - Representation, Symbolic KW - Semeiotics KW - Signs KW - Symbolic representation KW - Symbols KW - Abbreviations KW - Omens KW - Semiotics KW - Sign language KW - Symbolism KW - Visual communication UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:31002047 AB - This book systematically and consistently analyses a wide range of symbols for Europe, critically interpreting their often contradictory or ambiguous dimensions of meaning and uncovering several astonishing aspects of how Europe is currently identified - from above by the political elites as well as from below in critical arts or everyday life; from the inside by European actors but also from the outside by its surrounding others. The focus is on the European Union's main symbols, but they are interpreted in relation to a diverse range of other alternatives, so as to uncover the main facets of ER -