The national in everyday life: A critical engagement with Michael Billig's thesis of Banal Nationalism

Skey, Michael (2009) The national in everyday life: A critical engagement with Michael Billig's thesis of Banal Nationalism. The Sociological Review, 58 (2). pp. 331-364. ISSN 1467-954X

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Abstract

This paper is designed to provide a critical engagement with Michael Billig's seminal thesis of Banal Nationalism (1995), perhaps the most influential study of everyday forms of nationhood. With an increasing number now focusing on the (re) production, dissemination and negotiation of the national through routine texts and practices (cf Foster, 2002; Edensor, 2002; Madianou, 2005; Brubaker et al., 2006; Bratsis, 2006) and others employing the concept of banality in relation to non-national (Gorringe, 2006) and post-national identities (Aksoy and Robins, 2002; Szerszynski and Urry, 2002; Beck, 2006; Cram, 2001), it would seem like an opportune moment to assess Billig's contribution and also the limits of his approach.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Political, Social and International Studies (former - to 2014)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Media@uea (former - to 2017) Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Cultural Politics, Communications & Media
Depositing User:	Katherine Humphries
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2012 08:51
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 03:25
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/39692
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01832.x

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