期刊全称 | Bordering on Britishness | 期刊简称 | National Identity in | 影响因子2023 | Andrew Canessa | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Examines the profound social change in Gibraltar from the period just before the Spanish Civil War to the present day.Uses documentary sources, linguistic evidence and oral history accounts.Addresses | 学科分类 | Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | This volume explores how Gibraltarian Britishness was constructed over the course of the twentieth century. Today most Gibraltarians are fiercely proud of their Britishness, sometimes even describing themselves as ‘more British than the British’ and Gibraltar’s Chief Minister in 2018 announced in a radio interview that “We see the world through British eyes.” Yet well beyond the mid-twentieth century the inhabitants of the Rock were overwhelmingly Spanish speaking, had a high rate of intermarriage with Spaniards, and had strong class links and shared interests with their neighbours across the border. At the same time, Gibraltarians had a very clear secondary status with respect to UK British people. By the beginning of the twenty-first century, however, Gibraltarians speak more English than Spanish (with increasing English monolingualism), have full British citizenship and are no longer discriminated against based on their ethnicity; they see themselves as profoundly different culturally to Spanish people across the border. Bordering on Britishness explores and interrogates these changes and examines in depth the evolving relationship Gibraltarians have with Britishness. It also | Pindex | Book 2019 |
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