Public and private

National identities in a Scottish Borders community

Bibliographic Data

ID6306233
AuthorsFiona Gill (0000-0002-3105-7347, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume11
Issue1
Pages83-102
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1354-5078.2005.00193.x
OpenAlexW2007302969
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited31

This paper is an exploration of national identities among sports people in a community in the Scottish Borders. This group experiences a split in their identities. Publicly, they are ascribed an ambiguous national identity by the surrounding national communities. Privately, and among fellow community members, they unambiguously assert national identity. This paper examines the way this split is managed, arguing that the performance of public ambiguity is expected, but is supported by the private performance of nationality. National identity is analysed specifically as a performance, and sport is the context in which this performance takes place

Aesthetics · Ambiguity · Collective identity · Context (archaeology · Geography · Identity (music · Immigration · Linguistics · National Identities · National identity · Nationality · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration · Romani and Gypsy Studies · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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