national identity Flashcards
national identity
expressed through supporting your nation of origin
anderson
imagined community - members of a nation will never meet most of their fellow members
national identity is socially constructed through the mass circulation of media and a national language
kumar
the english find it difficult to distinguish their identity
- long history of imperialism developed a sense of missionary nationalism where interests of unity and empire has necessitated the repression of ordinary expressions of nationalism
changing national identities - sardar
the world is in the middle of a global identity crisis
britian is unsure if it should become more european or american due to its loss of empire
changing national identities - white tribe
someone who grew up in the caribbean as part of the british empure, comfortably see themself as black british but a growth of englihs nationalism seems much more exclusive
responses to globalisation
- cultural homogenisation
- cultural hybridity
- cultural resistance