Sökning: "Scottish national identity"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 uppsatser innehållade orden Scottish national identity.
1. A Nation's History as Part of its History Education : A current comparative study of Scottish and Swedish secondary school teachers' perception of history, and curricula
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för lärarutbildningSammanfattning : This master's thesis explores the perceptions of the Short 20th Century history among high school teachers in Sweden and Scotland, focusing on how their perceptions fit within their own country's curricula's view on the same historic period. The study comprises two parts: an analysis of national history curricula and a survey of history teachers in both countries. LÄS MER
2. NÄRMARE ELLER LÄNGRE IFRÅN EUROPA
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : In 2020, the United Kingdom left the European Union. This sparked a huge debate in Scotland, where the majority voted to remain. The aim of this thesis is to analyse how two Scottish political parties, The SNP and The Scottish Conservatives, use national identity before and after Brexit. LÄS MER
3. The Imagined Community of Scotland in the Narratives and Rhetoric of the Scottish National Party from the Independence Referendum to the Brexit Referendum : A Case Study of the Construction of a National Identity Within a Nation Region
Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Sammanfattning : This thesis conducts a case study on how the idea of a Scottish nation and Scottish independence have been constructed and changed within the political discourse produced by the Scottish National Party during the period around the Scottish independence referendum in 2014 and around the Brexit referendum in 2016. This will be done by conducting a textual analysis with a set of operational questions on written material produced by the Scottish National Party during the period of time previoulsy mentioned, based on the theoretical framework of social constructivism and nationalism with a focus on "imagined communities". LÄS MER
4. The End of the World? Representations of Scandinavia in Nineteenth-Century Scottish Travel Literature
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – MediaSammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
5. The Amazon Archers of England : Longbows, gender and English nationalism 1780–1845
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionenSammanfattning : In the 1780s the medieval weapon of war; the English longbow, enjoyed a renaissance, as historical archery became a fashionable recreation among the English aristocracy. Later, during 1819-1845, longbow archery developed into a mass movement, as it spread downwards in the English class system, into the bourgeoning middle class. LÄS MER
