Agency, State—Society Relations, and the Construction of National Identity: Case Studies from the Transcaspian Region

2004 ◽  
pp. 145-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas W. Blum
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Case Studies

scholarly journals National Identity Textbooks: Teaching Scottishness in the Wake of the Union of Parliaments

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronika Maricic
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
School System ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
School Governance ◽  
The State ◽  
Academic Interest ◽  
Modern Mass ◽  
Modern Era

Even though the interrelation of the emergence of modern mass school systems andprocesses of nation-building in the modern era has evoked academic interest, suchresearch endeavours are generally exemplified by case studies of established nationstates.Conversely, this article demonstrates the pertinence of widening the researchscope beyond the synthesis of the nation and the state, by focusing on the particularcase of Scotland as a nation without a state and the role schools played in creatingScottish national identity in the wake of the Union of Parliaments in 1707. Therebyfocus is put on textbooks as a materialisation of curricula and an extended armof school governance. The article concludes with insights that can be derived fromthis case study for the case of Scottish nationalism as well as its significance for thestudy of nationalism, education and their interrelation in general.Key words: loyal national citizens; nation-building; school system; Scotland.

The Micropolitics of Exchange

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Elswit
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Third Reich ◽  
Survival Strategies ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Dance Studies ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third Reich

Exile has received relatively little attention in dance studies, although forced migration in the mid-twentieth century reconfigured artistic and intellectual landscapes on multiple continents. This chapter turns to German dance during and after the Third Reich, while drawing on theoretical and historical treatments of exile developed in other disciplines, as well as constructions of national identity. Such perspectives on displacement suggest that it is not the place of exiled artists, which needs to be reassessed within national dance histories; rather, these artists offer an opportunity to assess the contours of the historical narrations themselves and, with them, other forms of belonging. The case studies of Valeska Gert and Kurt Jooss highlight the micropolitics of exile’s transnational exchange. These intricate, personalized crosscurrents were catalyzed by survival strategies that registered in the work itself and left traces in history, which can only be seen by engaging with multiple forms of otherness.

What Becomes a Nation?

Mulata Nation ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 31-67
Author(s):  
Alison Fraunhar
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Nationalist Sentiment ◽  
European Immigration ◽  
Symbolic Products

Using marquillas cigarreras, the small printed papers in which bundles of cigarettes were sold, as case studies, this chapter analyzes the development of nationalist sentiment and the iconography of national identity through the visual imagery of commodities. Marquillas cigarreras featured a virtually encyclopedic array of imagery: from natural history, architectural monuments, almanacs, serials, military uniforms and insignia, some of the most memorable marquilla series depicted costumbristic scenes of Cuban life and types, including mulatas, blacks, proverbs, literary figures and social satire. The chapter discusses the significance of cardinal Cuban products—tobacco and sugar—in the context of economic, cultural and ideological conditions, and analyzes the ways they are presented and consumed through commodity consumption. These products were crucial to the economy and the symbolic products linked to national identity, as evident on marquillas. Furthermore, their production is inextricably linked to the colonial system, including African slavery, European mercantilism and European immigration.

We Move Therefore We Are

2020 ◽  
pp. 109-128
Author(s):  
Sabina Lawreniuk ◽  
Laurie Parsons
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Political Opposition ◽  
National Narratives ◽  
People's Party ◽  
Union Movement ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Migration Systems

Chapter 7 explores how translocal livelihoods have contributed to a rise in nationalistic discourse, national communitarian ideology and the ethnically mediated ‘othering’ of certain groups. The chapter begins by exploring the linkages between the domestic garment industry, the union movement and political opposition to the incumbent Cambodia People’s Party, before extending the analysis to explore these themes in relation to Cambodia’s two major international migration systems: those with Thailand and Vietnam. The first of these examines issues of national identity amongst translocal migrants to Thailand in order to interpret the impact of international household and community economies on political conceptions of the state. The second examines the perspectives of translocal migrants between Cambodia and Vietnam, in the context of Cambodia’s recent upsurge in anti-Vietnamese popular sentiment and political discourse. Chapter 7 concludes by drawing together the lessons of these case studies to consider both how mass translocal livelihoods have shaped national discourse and how national narratives of nationhood have contributed to structuring Cambodia’s international diaspora.

Conclusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 156-174
Author(s):  
Alexander Bukh
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Territorial Disputes ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Difference

This chapter summarizes the findings of this book. It draws a number of conclusions regarding the factors that spur the emergence of territorial disputes—related national identity entrepreneurship, and analyzes the factors that account for the difference in the social reception of the narratives in the respective societies. It also outlines the implications of these case studies for our understanding of the social construction of a disputed territory and for the broader constructivist International Relations literature on national identity.

The Visegrad Four and the Western Balkans

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
National Level ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
European Area ◽  
Visegrad Group

The Western Balkans and the Visegrad Group are two macro-regions within the larger Eastern European area. Geographically and historically close, both regions share comparable characteristics on a macro-regional level as well as among the region's individual countries on a national level. However, when it comes to identities, the national level seems unavoidable: politically speaking, identity means national identity first and foremost. The authors of this book, who come from both regions, examine the ways in which the very sense of regional belonging might—or might not—override the shortcomings of and the obstacles erected by national identity. The varied case studies in the book focus on aspects of identity and their political (mis)use by actors in the regions under study. With contributions by Adam Bence Balazs, Adam Balcer, Ladislav Cabada, Ondřej Daniel, Kinga Anna Gajda, Kamil Glinka, Christina Griessler, Adis Maksic, Jovana Mihajlović Trbovc, Ešref Kenan Rašidagić, Andrea Schmidt, Tamara Trošt, Robert Wiszniowski, Nikola Zečević.

Representing Ethnicity in Contemporary French Visual Culture

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph McGonagle
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Visual Culture ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Post Colonial

The issue of ethnicity in France, and how ethnicities are represented there visually, remains one of the most important and polemical aspects of French post-colonial politics and society. This is the first book to analyse how a range of different ethnicities have been represented across contemporary French visual culture. Via a wide series of case studies – from the worldwide hit film Amélie to France’s popular TV series Plus belle la vie – it probes how ethnicities have been represented across different media, including film, photography, television and the visual arts. Four chapters examine distinct areas of particular importance: national identity, people of Algerian heritage, Jewishness and France’s second city Marseille.

scholarly journals Operações SAAL Porto — valor patrimonial e proposta de salvaguarda

CEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 92-107
Author(s):  
João Luís da Mota Torres Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Defining Moment ◽  
The City

The present study aims to explicit the various positive heritage values inherent to the dwellings built in the city of Oporto as part of the operations undertook by the Service of Local Ambu‑ latory Support (SAAL). Acknowledging these structures as testimony of a defining moment for the establishment of national identity – post 25th April 1974 –the appeal and validity of the safekeeping of these architectures will be grounded on the analysis of other case studies, relevant to the appreciation of Social Housing as a strong contribute towards the enrichment of national culture, finalizing with a presentation of heritage management methodologies applicable to the case in question.

Diversity, Autonomy and Solidarity in Multinational States: Current Developments in the Spanish-Catalan and the Jews-Arabs Political Disputes

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-40
Author(s):  
Hilly Moodrick-Even Khen ◽  
Antoni Abat i Ninet
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Test Cases ◽  
Nation State ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Global Agenda ◽  
Political Disputes

Abstract The concept of the nation state – and specifically the tension between affirming solidarity among nation-state compatriots and respecting national minorities’ rights in order to preserve diversity and secure their autonomy – has been on the global agenda over the last two centuries, especially in Europe. In recent years, two cases, in Catalonia and in Israel – different in many respects but similar in others – serve as inspiring test cases for analysing questions of national identities and state cohesion. Both of these cases portray the dilemmas surrounding national identity in an allegedly dichotomic fashion, thus requiring a choice between independence and secession or unionism and assimilation. This article suggests that a dichotomic perspective is not compelling and that solidarity and autonomy are not necessarily contradictory. It explores the connection between solidarity and autonomy and applies the analysis to the case studies of Catalonia and Israel separately, given the unique characteristics of each case.

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