National Identities explores the correlation/mapping between identity, people, state and nation, and examines the complexities of how national identities are created, represented and adopted in any period from antiquity to the current day, and from any geographical location. The focus of the journal is on identity, on how cultural factors (language, architecture, music, gender, religion, the media, sport, encounters with ‘the other’ etc.) and political factors (state forms, wars, boundaries) contribute to the formation and expression of national identities and on how these factors have been shaped and changed over time. The historical significance of ‘nation’ in political and cultural terms is considered in relationship to other important and in some cases countervailing forms of identity such as religion, region, tribe or class.
The variety of viewpoints published in the journal engenders a multifaceted understanding of national identity, and the journal therefore welcomes papers from a wide range of disciplines, including literature, history, geography, religion, sociology, and architecture among others. Comparative perspectives are encouraged, and the journal features regular review essays as well as book reviews.
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ARTICLES
‘Love beyond colour’: the formation of interracial gay men's intimate relationships in post-apartheid South AfricaOluwafemi AdeagboPages: 241–264 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2014.990957
Kirkuk conflict in its ethnic/political media: the Turkmen newspaper Alqal'a as a modelSalih MoustafaPages: 265–287 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2015.1011610
The origins and nature of American nationalismJasper M. TrautschPages: 289–312 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2015.1027761
The Ulster Covenant and the pulse of Protestant UlsterGraham WalkerPages: 313–325 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2015.1040384
Gillray and the French RevolutionSophie LoussouarnPages: 327–343 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2015.1047333
The importance of Australian national identity to a sense of belonging of Anglo-Celtic and Chinese cultural groups in regional AustraliaJeff Hodgins, Gail Moloney & Heather WinskelPages: 345–368 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2015.1061490
Book Reviews
Rewriting the nation: British theatre todayJohn KeefePages: 369–371 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2014.982458
Struggle over identity: the official and the alternative ‘Belarussianness’Christopher WilliamsPages: 371–372 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2014.982460
The future governance of citizenshipZsolt KörtvélyesiPages: 372–375 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2014.982462
Brave new world: imperial and democratic nation-building in Britain between the warsPeter CatterallPages: 376–378 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2014.999410