Nationality Flashcards
Anderson 1983
Not Fluid, important part of identity
national identity is socially constructed through symbols such as the flag and the anthem, and rituals such as national holidays and festivals. He argues the social construction of national identities was facilitated by developments in printing technology leading to the mass circulation of newspapers, books which created a national language.
Sadr (2002)
Fluid, Not an important part of identity
suggest that the world is in the middle of a global identity crisis through East Versus West and capitalists versus communists, by which we have defined ourselves. ‘Englishness’ was based on traditions through a struggle for ‘English’ identity. Sadr argues that to develop a more confident identity, we must embrace diversity but also focus on what makes us the same-our common humanity
Kumar
Fluid, Not an important part of identity
unlike the scots, welsh and irish and how English finds it hard to say who they are and the English identity is elusive. Argues that the long history of the English as an imperial people has developed a sense of ‘missionary nationalism’, in the interests of unity and empire, has necessitated the repression of ordinary expressions of nationalism.
Guibernau and Goldblatt- Recent invention and that is based on the five central themes, Nationality is important
Geography, particularly Britain’s island status, which means that the British feel separate from the rest of Europe
Britain’s Protestant religious status, which differentiated th Uk from the mainly Catholic Europe
Wars, particularly against other European countries, which some see as forging uniquely British characteristics such as self-sacrifice., the stiff upper life, perseverance, fair play and putting up with the exceptional hardship
The British empire, which has supposedly resulted in the British seeing themselves as culturally superior
The royal family, which is seen by the mass media to be at the very heart of British Identity
