National idenity as a construction of identity

Question 1

Hogan (2003)

FOR

Answer 1

Argues that the OGOC (in every country) can be considered as a “globalised sporting spectacle” in which “a shared sense of nationness is created and maintained in part through representation of the character, culture, and historical trajectory of a people.”

Question 2

Vincent (2019)

FOR

Answer 2

Found schools often used stereotypes such as ‘fish and chips’ to celebrate FBV and/or repacked the values into things schools.

Question 3

Fox (2004)

FOR

Answer 3

Shared stereotypes of norms and values can communicate a shared sense of national identity (and serve to exclude others).

Question 4

Contemporary example: Hogan (2003)

Answer 4

Mayor of London’s (Sadiq Khan) New Year fireworks/light displays

Question 5

Supporting Contemporary evidence:

Hogan (2003)

Answer 5

2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, London NYE fireworks/light display.

Question 6

Supporting Contemporary evidence

Vincent (2019)

Answer 6

Fundamental British Values, UK Human Rights Act (1998)

Question 7

Contemporary example: Fundamental British Values

Vincent (2019)

Answer 7

The 4 FBV are democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, and for those without faith.

Question 8

Supporting contemporary evidence:

Fox (2004)

Answer 8

Weather-talk and the Shipping Forecast

Question 9

Garner

Answer 9

National identity is portrayed in a negative way for example through concerns about immigration, multiculturalism, religious fundamentalism, and failure to conform to British cultural norms.

Question 10

Skey

Answer 10

British identity is sometimes expressed by the feeling that people with different cultural practices are threatening ‘Britishness’ and through the ‘victimhood’ that comes from this.

Question 11

Billig

Answer 11

British identity is socialised through agencies such as education as children are taught the history of Britain, mass media and religion