Essays on National Identity

I grew up in a small town in the mountains of the Philippine Islands, in a culture that emphasized the importance of food, family, and alcohol. In my household, the family is the number one priority. You work to provide for your family. You go...

In modern society, as individuals we take identity for granted. We appear to understand who we are, we seem to have a good knowledge of individuals in our presence and they tend to relate to us in the same way. However, social identity can affect...

The question of National identity has gained increasing traction in recent times. This question has led to the formation of three camps: those who claim that national identity is primordial, those who argue that it is an artificial creation and finally those who argue that...

A fundamental question that is asked is ‘what defines national identity’? Is it the way people speak? The way they move? Or is it what makes the country stand out? The Oxford Dictionary defines nationalism as ‘Identification with one’s own nation and support for its...

The very nature of travel literature is to inform the population that has not traveled abroad to so-called ‘wild’ places of the cultures and people that lie beyond their own nation, specifically, the untraveled English population. Given the rise of imperialism and great desire for...

The process of nation-building is an effort to develop the spirit of patriotism and solidarity to create a country whose people share a common identity. The major aim is to foster national unity by developing a new nation and an integrated race (Hippler, 2002:1-3). In...

History as a subject is heavily reliant on the analysis and understandings of the past, in order to comprehend the circumstances that have shaped the World as we know it to be presently. Through major time periods such as the Arab-Israeli conflict which spanned from...

Benedict Anderson was a historian and political scientist who is best known for his book “imagined community” published in 1983, he used this concept to explain and analyse nationalism. Nationalism refers to “the territorial expression of an identity”, this shared national identity promotes the belonging...

Duty, honor, country — those are three words that build every individual’s basic character. It molds us for our future and strengthens us when we are weak, helping us to be brave and to face our fears even when we are afraid. It teaches us...

Who we are is shaped by where we are from. This is a common thread in the human experience; our backgrounds give way to our personalities. But what happens when a person disagrees with the confines of their nation upon their identity? The English Patient...

This statement caused an upheaval, because if nationhood requires people living in one particular geographical boundary to follow one culture, speak one language, have one faith, then claiming nationhood for India was not a very smart thing to ask for. However this vision of nationhood...

Aadhar card is a 12 digit identification number issued by the concerned authority on behalf of the government of India. This number, also known as Unique Identity Number(UID), is linked with a number of demographic and biometric details. Any individual, of any age and gender,...

A nation is a collection of people occupying a particular portion of the earth’s surface, a territory they perceive as their homeland by right and who have a strong sense of unity based on similar historical experiences and a set of shared values, beliefs and...

National Artists of the Philippines (Filipino: Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas) is an order bestowed by the Philippines on Filipinos who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine art. Originally instituted as an Award, it was elevated to the status of Order...

Man is a social animal but with a tendency to divide into smaller social groups, resulting in the way we exist today defined by national boundaries. Nation states, in the modern sense, came into being due to a variety of reasons, primarily due to shared...

“ The present-day age is the twentieth century and the Jewish-age, in regard, is the century of the Jewish. According to (Slezkine, 2011) never previously in the history, also most probably never again will such minor class of people develop such impact and authority as...

This proposal examines the production of visually striking/brilliant palatial houses built by the chettiars during the colonial era between 1860 and 1930 as a result of industrial capitalism. I primarily look upon the elaborately painted ornamental houses that bureaucrats as a statement of social achievement,...

Native Americans were adapted by American colonial expansion from the year 1785 to the year of 1829. They experienced the lack of beliefs, property, and underwayed mending made by whites to all throughout improve the Native Americans that were terribly affected them. Most of...

The Construction of a Modern National Consciousness, as the title suggests is based on the issue of Palestinian identity, which has long been misunderstood and misrepresented. One of the first striking points that Khalidi makes is that Palestinian identity has been misunderstood because it is...

Behind the retreating Englishman, on the new nation’s flag is poised a stylized lion, all curving flank and ornate muscle, a long, cruel sword gripped in its front paw. It is the ancient symbol of the Sinhala, who believe that they are descended from the...

Colonisation is widely regarded as a practice reminiscent of a long-forgotten era, and one that has little attachment to the cutting-edge globalised world of today – but this could not be more untrue. Long-standing European practices of the colonial period continue to impact countries, both...

Using relevant academic research, explain how ‘Secrets and Lies’ (Leigh, 1996) has represented national identity. Mike Leigh’s 1996 film, Secrets and Lies represents British national identity using social realism, themes, and binaries. In this essay the film will be analyzed and its representation of national...

As “Democracy in America” revealed, Tocqueville believed that equality was the great political and social idea of his era, and he thought that the United States offered the most advanced example of equality in action. He admired American individualism but warned that a society of...

Slavery and National Identity Oloudah Equiano’s Narrative of the Life and Harriett Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin demonstrate the formation of a national identity in which minorities must justify their rights reasonably and quietly, while white citizens can defend their own rights or causes as...

In the early years of the 1500s, people started to question every belief that they had and pursued the right to equality within society. The ideals concerning most of these questions would soon spark a tremendous transition. For most of the eighteenth century, many new...

Yes, I do why because of multiple reason. After reading the poem “Barbie Doll” it made me think that we as Americans worry about our appearance a little too much. That should be the last thing on our mind. Me as a person I don’t...

India. Bharat. Hindustan. The 29 constituents of India make it what we know it as, an Economically Developing, Socially Secular nation on the road to success. But who really has the power? And what really holds them together? The phrase “First and the most essential...

The people living in the United States of America whether they are immigrant or natural born citizen, all are considering an American. I am an immigrant from India to United States. My life would always go two ways. When I am at work, I felt...