Mourning and orienting to the future in a liminal occasion: (Re)defining British national identity after Queen Elizabeth II's death

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-10-08 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12807

Sandra Obradović, Nuria Martinez, Nandita Dhanda, Sidney Bode, Evangelos Ntontis, Mhairi Bowe, Stephen Reicher, Klara Jurstakova, Jazmin Kane, Sara Vestergren

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In this paper, we conceptualize the days of mourning that followed the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. as constituting a liminal occasion, a moment of in‐betweenness through which we can explore sense‐making in times of transition. How do people navigate through liminal occasions, and are they always transformative? Through a rapid response ethnography (Ninterviews = 64, Nparticipants = 122), we were able to capture the raw moments within which a collective comes together, as part of a national ritual, to transition from ‘here’ to ‘there’. In our data, liminality prompted participants to strategically define British national identity and its future by positioning the Queen as representative of Britishness, her loss as a national identity loss. No longer taken for granted, participants reasserted the value of the monarchy as an apolitical and unifying feature in an otherwise divided society, characterizing the continuity of the institution as an essential part of British identity and society. The analysis illustrates how liminality offers a useful conceptual tool for addressing how temporality and change are negotiated in relation to a shared identity, and how navigating transitional moments brings with it political implications for the future.

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边缘时刻的哀悼和面向未来：伊丽莎白女王二世逝世后（重新）界定英国国家身份

在本文中，我们将英国女王伊丽莎白二世逝世后的哀悼日概念化为一种边缘场合，一种介于两者之间的时刻，我们可以通过它来探索过渡时期的意义建构。人们是如何度过边缘时刻的？通过快速反应人种学研究（访谈人数=64，参与者人数=122），我们捕捉到了一个集体作为国家仪式的一部分，从 "这里 "过渡到 "那里 "的原始时刻。在我们的数据中，边缘性促使参与者将女王定位为英国的代表，将女王的离去视为国家认同的丧失，从而战略性地定义英国的国家认同及其未来。参与者重申了君主制的价值，认为君主制是一个非政治性的、统一的特征，而不是一个分裂的社会，并将君主制的连续性描述为英国身份和社会的重要组成部分。该分析说明了边缘性如何提供了一个有用的概念工具，用于解决时间性和变化如何与共同身份相关的问题，以及如何在过渡时刻为未来带来政治影响。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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