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Revue LISA, 2015 Henry Peacham’s book of emblems, Minerva Britanna (1612) is both an artistic achievement and a statement of identity. The artist makes Britishness a central issue in his collection of emblems as well as the essential aim of his art. Not only does Peacham
Julie Corre
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BOXING, RACE, AND BRITISH IDENTITY, 1945–1962 [PDF]
The Historical Journal, 2020 AbstractWith a formal colour bar on British championships operating until 1948, boxing had long been a site of racial discrimination. The abolition of the sport's colour bar was recognition of the wrongness of racial exclusion and it was followed by a celebration of black fighters as local and national heroes.
MARTIN JOHNES, MATTHEW TAYLOR
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ABE Journal, 2019 Two Scottish architects, John Begg and George Wittet, created some of the most famous of Mumbai’s landmarks and notable buildings elsewhere in India in the early twentieth century. They were also instrumental in the development of architectural education
Sarah Longair
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‘St Helena, an Island Between’: Multiple Migrations, Small Island Resilience, and Survival
Island Studies Journal, 2021 St Helena is a non-sovereign British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. When full British citizenship was removed in 1981, migration destinations were reduced to Ascension Island and the Falkland Islands.
Charlotte Parker
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The Role of Small Historical Towns in Preserving the National Identity (on the Example of Startford-upon-Avon) [PDF]
Современная ЕвропаThe article reveals the potential of small British town culture for preserving the national identity of the British. In the context of globalization processes, there is an erosion of national identity and a clash between the ideology of cosmopolitan ...
Galina I. Povazhnaya
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THE DISRUPTION OF HOME AND IDENTITY IN BLACK BRITISH WRITING
Kajian Linguistik dan Sastra, 2015 As people of the diaspora, most Black British writers have long been troubled and fascinated by the ideas of ‘home’ and ‘identity.’ A lot of their works present a sense of not belonging anywhere and a quest for a new kind of identity not limited to ...
Sandra Lilyana
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John Major’s Assessments of Brexit: Prospects for the UK
Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2022 The article introduces an alternative opinion on Brexit voiced by John Major, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when it joined the European Union. In his public speeches, John Major touched upon such issues as national sovereignty, British
Yu. V. Menshchikova
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British Art Studies, 2021 This article examines the uses and meanings of unaker, or “Cherokee clay”, among Cherokee and British potters, and between their respective political and cultural worlds, in the eighteenth century.
R. Ruthie Dibble, Joseph Zordan
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The construction of British national identity among British South Asians [PDF]
National Identities, 2013 This paper explores the social psychological aspects of British national identification among British South Asians, which constitutes the largest ethnic minority group in Britain. Identity process theory can elucidate the social and psychological 'functions' of Britishness for social actors, offering a holistic account of national identification within
Jaspal, R, Cinnirella, M
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Volunteer Bands and Local Identity in Caithness at the Time of the Second Reform Act
Scottish StudiesCaithness lay outside the national railway network in 1868, but as this article demonstrates, used the band music of its local volunteer military units, embedded within a wider contemporary British context of imperial music-making, as a means to express ...
Jane Pettegree
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