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National Identity
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- 1ANDERSON (NATIONAL IDENTITY)Argues that 'nation' is an imagined community and that a national identity is socially constructed.
- 2GILBON (NATIONAL IDENTITY)National identity is socially constructed. He studied the idea of ethnocentric curriculum e.g. white British history: World Wars & Shakespeare
- 3KUMAR (NATIONAL IDENTITY)Discovered that the English find it difficult to say who they are and that English national identity is exclusive.
- 4CURTICE AND HEATH (NATIONAL IDENTITY)A study of 'little Englanders'. These people are said to be narrow-minded and have the desire to exclude others from being English on the grounds of skin colour.
- 5SADAR (NATIONAL IDENTITY)Suggests that the world is in the middle of a global identity crisis. Britain, having lost its empire and feeling very small in a global world, unsure whether it should become more American or more European. We need to create a stable identity we must embrace our similarities; our humanity.
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- Flashcards on National Identity, created by Natalie Booth on 13/11/2016.
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