Sociology Paper 1 - National identity and Hybrid identities

Nayak

‘White wannabes’ - White British males who act, dress and speak in a way influenced by black hip-hop culture.

Back

‘Neighbourhood nationalism’ - White youth were attracted to aspects of black culture and developed a shared identity based on a mix of ethnicity and a feeling of solidarity in the area.

Anderson

A nation is an imagined community, socially constructed through symbols like flags

Philips et al

School curriculums promote nationalism i.e. national values

Hall

Three responses to globalisation: Homogenisation (merge into one), Hybridity (both combine to make a new culture) and Cultural Defence (rejection of new culture).

Kumar

English people struggle to say who they are; The English identity is elusive because of imperialism, causing us to repress ordinary expressions of nationalism.

Sardar

The world is in an identity crisis, there is no longer any divides like ‘East vs West’, and the UK doesn’t know whether to be American or European.