National identity

Question 1

national identity definition

Answer 1

the feeling of being part of a larger community in the form of a nation, which gives a sense of pupose and meaning into peoples lives as well as a sense belonging eg passport

Question 2

national identity is often expressed in …

Answer 2

• supporting national sports teams
• national anthem
• flag
• language

Question 3

Anderson

Answer 3

• nation is an ‘imagined community’, nations of a member will never meet
• national identity is socially constructed (eg national identities)

Question 4

Kumar

Answer 4

• english find it difficult to say who they are (elusive)
• missionary nationalism

Question 5

Guibernall and Goldblatt

Answer 5

British identity is a fairly recent invention that is based on themes, including: geography, war and the monarchy

Question 6

Skey

Answer 6

• british identity is sometimes expressed by the sentiment that ‘others’ are threatening Britishness
• encourages british groups EDL to become ‘more british’ in response
• concerns surrounding immigration and multi-culturalism
• fundametalist groups- belive we should all take pride in out britishness

Question 7

curtice and heath

Answer 7

• conducted a survey with english, scottish and welsh identities
• scottish and welsh groups had much stronger national identity
• ‘little englanders’ - rise in number of people who claimed yot be english, not british (pro empire, leave EU)

Question 8

diluted english identity

Answer 8

• immigration
• globalisation (media)
• multiculturalism
• cultural homogenisation

Question 9

what can globalisation cause?

Answer 9

cultural homogenisation and cultural resistance

Question 10

strengthened english identity

Answer 10

• groups (EDL british first)
• community events (eg football)

Question 11

Sardar 2002

chznging national identities

Answer 11

• global identity crisis
• england is unsure about whether to become more american (americanisation) or european
• to develop more comfident identity we must embrace diversity but also focus on what makes us the same (common humanity)

Question 12

Howe

changing national identities

Answer 12

• Broadcaster that grew up in the Carribean but as a part of the british empire.
• ‘white tribe’ documentary
• sees himself as black and british
• growth of english nationalism seems much more ‘white’

Question 13

one argue that national idenitiy is becoming less significant in a …… society

Answer 13

globalised

Question 14

Hall

response to globalisation

Answer 14

suggested that countaries may display three different reactions to globalisation
- cultural homogenisation
- cultural resistance
- cultural hybridity

Question 15

cultural homogenisation

Answer 15

they might accept global culture which will lead to all countries becoming more similar

Question 16

cultural resistance

Answer 16

they might resist global culture and feircly protect their cultural heritage becoming more traditional and nationalistic

Question 17

cultural hybridity

Answer 17

they may take in some parts of global culture alongside their more traditional culture and develop an individual culture

Question 18

Halsey

Answer 18

our lives are becoming hoplessly Americanised