National identity

Question 1

Nationality

Answer 1

The status of belonging to a particular nation

Question 2

National identity

Answer 2

Feeling of being part of a larger community (the nation)

Question 3

Imagined community (Anderson 1983)

Answer 3

Typical community is:
People know each other

Imagined community:
People will not know each other therefore people construct a national identity through symbols, flags, festivals

” A nation is a socially constructed community which is to say imagined by the people who see themselves as part of that group.”

Question 4

Bristish identity (Guiberau and Goldblatt)

Answer 4

Geography
British Protestant religious status
Wars
The British empire 
The royal family

Question 5

Education

Answer 5

Purpose of introducing national curriculum in 1989 (Osler)
Consequences of history curriculum being English focused:
British history= English history
Promotion of English rather than British identity
Since 2015: promotion of British values

Question 6

Religion

Answer 6

Jacobson found out that Islam is a key part of Pakistani identity

Question 7

Media

Answer 7

Anderson argue about printing press:

Responsible for creating national identity through common language

Question 8

How national identity is changing?

Answer 8

English and identity crisis (Condor): people do not define themselves as English

National identity is undermined by globalisation (Kennedy and Danks)

Cultural homogenisation and cultural hybridity (Hall)

Americanisation of british culture (Halsey)

Question 9

How national identity is not changing?

Answer 9

Increase of little englanders (Descombe)
Cultural resistance (Hall)