Wednesday 4 February 2009

Borders and Belonging










This topic is concerned with basic questions of identity and belonging in relation to a place which is called the United Kingdom but in which "British" is an increasingly contested term.










TRAINSPOTTING
Scotland, Scottishness and British Identity.



  • How do we define Scottishness and its place within a British identity?



  • What are some of the cultural clichés and stereotypes?



  • How is it defined in opposition to Englishness?



  • The Shortbread and Tartan Myth of Scotland.



  • The Clydeist Myth of Scotland

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