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
Exploring Greek-Cypriot media representations of national identities in ethnically divided Cyprus: the case of the 2002/2004 Annan Plan negotiations Maria AvraamidouPages: 439–461 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1297783
Hybridity, ethnicity and nationhood: legacies of interethnic war, wartime rape and the potential for bridging the ethnic divide in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina Tatjana Takševa & Agatha SchwartzPages: 463–480 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1298580
The peasant matrix for nation building: an effective model? Some reflections on the Belarusian case Anna ZadoraPages: 481–494 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1298581
Political constructions of a cross-community identity in a divided society: how politicians articulate Northern Irishness Kevin McNichollPages: 495–513 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1312325
Are we all constructivists now? Exploring the impact of nationalism studies among Slovakia’s secondary-school teachers Jana ŠulíkováPages: 515–537 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1327517
Book Reviews
The IRA, The Irish Republican Army Jason FrostPages: 539–542 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1355955
Playing with languages. Children and change in a Caribbean village Glenda-Alicia LeungPages: 542–545 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1367993
Le récit du commun. L’histoire racontée par les élèves Rainer BendickPages: 545–547 / DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1367995