Bannockburn, Braveheart, or Baccara? Ethnosymbolism, nationalism, and sport in contemporary Scotland

IF 0.9 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

NATIONAL IDENTITIES Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI:10.1080/14608944.2022.2147493

Stuart Whigham

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This article critically reflects upon the symbolic role of sport in relation to nationalism and national identity within contemporary Scottish society. Drawing upon an ethnosymbolist theoretical approach, the article discusses: (a) the mythology associated with Scottish ‘national sports’; (b) the existence of independent Scottish teams; and (c) the evocation of ancient Scottish history and warfare within the symbolism of Scottish sport. It underlines the import of sporting issues to ongoing theoretical debates regarding nationalism and national identity in contemporary Scottish society, concluding that ethnosymbolism remains an effective theoretical explanation of the nature of contemporary Scottish nationalism.

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班诺克本，勇敢的心，还是巴卡拉?当代苏格兰的民族象征主义、民族主义与体育

本文批判性地反思了体育在当代苏格兰社会中与民族主义和民族认同有关的象征作用。借鉴民族象征主义的理论方法，本文讨论了:(a)与苏格兰“民族体育”相关的神话;(b)独立的苏格兰队的存在;(c)在苏格兰体育的象征意义中唤起对古代苏格兰历史和战争的回忆。它强调了体育问题对当代苏格兰社会中关于民族主义和民族认同的持续理论辩论的重要性，并得出结论，民族象征主义仍然是当代苏格兰民族主义本质的有效理论解释。

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NATIONAL IDENTITIES POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： 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.