National identity Flashcards
national identity definition
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
national identity is often expressed in …
- supporting national sports teams
- national anthem
- flag
- language
Anderson
- nation is an ‘imagined community’, nations of a member will never meet
- national identity is socially constructed (eg national identities)
Kumar
- english find it difficult to say who they are (elusive)
- missionary nationalism
Guibernall and Goldblatt
British identity is a fairly recent invention that is based on themes, including: geography, war and the monarchy
Skey
- 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
curtice and heath
- 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)
diluted english identity
- immigration
- globalisation (media)
- multiculturalism
- cultural homogenisation
what can globalisation cause?
cultural homogenisation and cultural resistance
strengthened english identity
- groups (EDL british first)
- community events (eg football)
Sardar 2002
chznging national identities
- 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)
Howe
changing national identities
- 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’
one argue that national idenitiy is becoming less significant in a …… society
globalised
Hall
response to globalisation
suggested that countaries may display three different reactions to globalisation
- cultural homogenisation
- cultural resistance
- cultural hybridity
cultural homogenisation
they might accept global culture which will lead to all countries becoming more similar
cultural resistance
they might resist global culture and feircly protect their cultural heritage becoming more traditional and nationalistic
cultural hybridity
they may take in some parts of global culture alongside their more traditional culture and develop an individual culture
Halsey
our lives are becoming hoplessly Americanised
