Essays about: "British national identity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words British national identity.
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1. Ideology, Allegory, and Identity: : A Study of American Political Cartoons, 1770-1815
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : In 1776, war broke out in the Colonies of New England between British Subjects, colonists, and those emplyed by the crown to uphoald law and order across the Atlantic. The union that wuld emerge from the war would have to develop what the colnial powers they migrated from had been adding on for centuries: an understanding of national character. READ MORE
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2. Whose War Is It Anyway? : Reflections on identity formation of ethnic minorities in nationalintegration of U.S. and British militaries during World War One
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis concerns the study of ethnic minority groups and their national identity formation process as a result of their collective experience during, and understanding of, World War One. The groups observed are Black Americans and German Americans from the United States, as well as the Irish from Great Britain. READ MORE
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3. Colonial Imagery and representation in tourism marketing of African destinations. : A case study of Kenya
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : This research study is based on the visual marketing of African destinations and the colonial influence in a post-colonial world. Recent tourism research tourism has examined post-colonial realities in developing countries addressing the experience of British post-colonialism, however, only a few of those studies have examined the cultural consequences of tourism marketing image influence on culture and national identity. READ MORE
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4. Behind the protest : the construction of national and local identities in postcolonial Hong Kong
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : People in Hong Kong continues to wrestle with the configuration of national identity and local distinctiveness, even though the fact of handover from the British to China was settled long ago. In the recent decade, several large-scale political protests have witnessed the hostile sentiments from Hong Kong people towards the central government and their shrinking attachments to the nation. READ MORE
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5. The End of the World? Representations of Scandinavia in Nineteenth-Century Scottish Travel Literature
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – MediaAbstract : This dissertation analyses the representations of Norway, Denmark and Sweden in Scottish travel literature towards the end of the Georgian Era. By comparing two travel accounts, I aim to identify both the authors’ approach to the Nordic countries as well as their reflections on their own national identity. READ MORE
