National Identities
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National Identities explores the formation and expression of national identity from antiquity to the present day. It examines the role in forging identity of cultural (language, architecture, music, gender, religion, the media, sport, encounters with ‘the other' etc.) and political (state forms, wars, boundaries) factors, by examining how these 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 focus is on identity, rather than on contingent political forms that may express it. The journal is not prescriptive or proscriptive in its approach. Instead, it acts as a forum within which the growing number of scholars working in this field can explore this important subject. Comparative perspectives are encouraged, and the journal features regular review essays as well as book reviews.
Peer Review Policy:
All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.
National Identities' is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal that appears three times a year. It focusses upon national identities and their relationship between territory, political structures and cultural traditions. We believe that national identities are primarily constructed and are not confined to what is called the nation as it is understood in the Western world since the late c18th. We encourage scholars from various disciplines to explore the ways social, political and regional groups constructed their identities, to what aims and how these identity constructions and images have changed through time. Furthermore, we invite papers discussing the question of if and to what extent cultural development is connected to the quest of identity. Against this background, we welcome innovative research on the following themes (amongst others):
* Identity and territory * Boundaries, borderlands, and national identity * Diaspora populations and national identity * Identity issues in antiquity, the middle ages and the early modern period * Art, music and identity * Regions, cities and identity * 'National identity' in the developing world Constitutions and identity * The Cold War and identity * Language and identity * Landscape Architecture, Architecture and identity
Editorial correspondence should be addressed as follows:
Peter Catterall (politics/political history) P.P.CATTERALL@qmw.ac.uk Dave Kaplan (geography) dkaplan@kent.edu Elfie Rembold (cultural history) elfrem@transmedia.de Christopher Vernon (arts/architecture/landscape) christopher.vernon@uwa.edu.au
For further information see: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/
Publisher – Routledge
Frequency – 4 issues per year
