| ID | 120012 |
| Title Proper | Confessional identity as national boundary in national historical narratives |
| Other Title Information | Ireland and Germany compared |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Nagle, Shane |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article explores the question of 'boundary-formation' by examining the significance of historical narratives for defining the nation. Specifically, it compares the historical construction of religious or confessional identity as national boundary in the cases of Ireland and Germany in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The article examines the importance of this historically constructed national identity for rendering continuity to the nation's history and delineating the national 'Other', thereby establishing national particularity. The historical 'joining' of 'Irishness' to Catholic identity and 'Germanness' to Protestant identity, as well as providing cultural 'cement' for the nation, also had exclusionary implications. |
| `In' analytical Note | Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism Vol. 13, No.1; 2013: p.38-56 |
| Journal Source | Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism Vol. 13, No.1; 2013: p.38-56 |
| Key Words | Historical Narratives ; Historical Construction ; Identity ; National Boundary ; Ireland ; Germany ; National Identity ; Catholic Identity |