National Identity

Question 1

Phillips

Answer 1

• national curriculum supports ideology of nationalism
• history lessons in particular are a key factor in creating national identity

Question 2

Kumar

Answer 2

• unlike the Scottish , Welsh and Irish, English find it difficult to say who they are and that English nationality is elusive
• quest to expand Britishness may have diluted Englishness as the long history of the English as imperial people has developed a sense of missionary nationalism

Question 3

Anderson

Answer 3

• nationality as a social construction
• eg. Flags and royals
• we are socialised into the identity of our imagined community