Shaping Identity through the Use of Language

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Minorities and Majorities, Marginality and Centrality 1
4. Part I: Marginalising and Centralising Discursive Practices
5. Unlikely Brothers? 11
6. Francophone Calvinists in 18th Century German-Speaking Europe 37
7. “To the End of the World” 57
8. Part II: Intersections of National and Religious Belonging
9. Positioning in the Community 83
10. Masculine Disposition and Cantonist Ancestry 103
11. Together we Stand? 127
12. Religion Weaponised 155
13. Part III: Contradictory Operations of Marginalisation and Centralisation
14. Shaping Identity through the Use of Language 189
15. Contradictory Narratives in Sorbian Literature 213
16. The Pressure to Convert 227
17. Index 247
18. List of Contributors 253