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.
Articles
Making ethnic boundaries in the society of religious renaissance: Islam and everyday ethnicity in post-Soviet Tatarstan Guzel YusupovaPages: 345–360 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1265493
From Waverley to Outlander: reinforcing Scottish diasporic identity through book consumption Rachel NoordaPages: 361–377 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1271781
Bringing ‘Biafra’ back in: narrative, identity, and the politics of non-reconciliation in Nigeria Godwin OnuohaPages: 379–399 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1279133
Purebloods and mudbloods: the continuum of Welshness and Basqueness and its implications for the development of a National consciousness Sophie WilliamsPages: 401–418 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1287691
Book Reviews
Britain and Norway. Special relationships David RedvaldsenPages: 419–420 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1209955
The optic of the state. Visuality and power in Argentina and Brazil Muriel Berthou CresteyPages: 421–422 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1209956
Cybernetic revolutionaries. Technology and politics in Allende’s Chile Raimundo FreiPages: 422–424 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1209957
National belonging and everyday life. The significance of nationhood in an uncertain world Marco AntonsichPages: 424–425 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1209958
English journeys. National and cultural identity in 1930s and 1940s England Alexandra HarrisPages: 426–428 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1209959
Ethnicity in China: a critical introduction Cangbai WangPages: 428–430 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1226695
Diasporas and homeland conflicts: a comparative perspective Francis Patrick O’ConnorPages: 430–433 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1244937
Immigration dialectic. Imagining community, economy, and nation Elaine BurroughsPages: 433–435 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1276706
The Norfolk mystery / The Cornish Coast murder / The Lake District murder Peter LowePages: 435–438 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2016.1276708