"Constructing Cultural Identity. Representing Social Power" is the fifth volume to be published by an international research group devoted to exploring the multifaceted relationships between culture, in its various aspects, and power. In this volume particular attention is paid to how literature and the arts, architecture and urban space are used to express and support power - and sometimes to contest it. Edited by Cânâ Bilsel, Kim Esmark, Niyazi Kizilyürek, Ólafur Rastrick, the volume is published by Thematic Work Group on 'Power and Culture' part of Cliohres.net, a Network of Excellence supported by the European Commission through the Sixth Framework programme of its Directorate GeneraI for Research.