Contents // List of Tables and Figures vii // Preface ix // Introduction. Understanding Multiculturalism: // The Habsburg Central European Experience 1 // Johannes Feichtinger and Gary B. Cohen // Section I. Identity Formation in Multicultural Societies // 1. Heterogeneities and Homogeneities: On Similarities // and Diversities 17 // Anil Bhatti // 2. Mestizaje and Hybrid Culture: Toward a Transnational // Cultural Memory of Europe and the Development of Cultural Theories in Latin America 47 // Michael Rössner // 3. Do Multiple Languages Mean a Multicultural Society? // Nationalist “Frontiers” in Rural Austria, 1880-1918 61 // Pieter M. Judson // Section II. The Dynamics of Multicultural Societies, // Politics, and the State // 4. Multiculturalism, Polish Style: Glimpses from the Interwar Period 85 Patrice M. Dahrowski // 5. Multiculturalism against the State: Lessons from Istria 101 // Pamela Ballinger // 6. Migration in Austria: An Overview of the 1920s to 2000s 122 // Michael John // vi I Contents // Section III. Identities Expressed, Negotiated, and Challenged in Multicultural Settings // 7. The Slice of Desire: Intercultural Practices versus National Loyalties in the Peripheral Multiethnic Society of Central Europe // at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century 161 // Oto Luthar // 8. On “Neighbors” and “Strangers”: The Literary Motif of // “Central Europe” as Lieu de Mémoire 174 // Andrei Corbea-Hoisie // 9. Culture as a Space of Communication 187 // Moritz
Csdky // Selected Bibliography 209 // Notes on Contributors 233 // Index 237