Chinese nationalism

Julio Hernández Cordón’s films Marimbas Del Infierno and Polvo reflect the neoliberal period in Guatemala by illustrating how the profound digressions from the period of nationalism affected everyday life. During the nationalist era of the early to mid 20th, Guatemala gained a strong sense of national identity All things traditional and national became popular. The onset of the neoliberal period, however, would drastically change many of these consistencies. The effects of these changes are…

In August of this year, a coalition of over 50 black-led organizations joined together to create a platform and an agenda, that summarized the tactics and collective needs to end the war on black people. Not only do the platform of The Movement for Black Lives (MFBL) and Black Lives Matter (BLM) promote intersectionality and inclusion, it also addresses the issues of categorized citizenship in regards to hegemonic power, without adopting dominant structures in their appeals. Intersectional…

of minorities in the United States. Within the African American community, a trend arose where youths rejected their cultural upbringing in favor of a perceived pure African way of life in order to further African American liberation – Cultural Nationalism. While the movement had many supporters, critics within the general Civil Rights campaign were not afraid to challenge the trend. One of these critics, Alice Walker, used the short story Everyday Use to demonstrate why the Cultural Nationalist…

populations. These motivations include the convenience of using the persecuted group as scapegoats and advancing the idea and acceptance of the “stab-in-the-back” myth, establishing racialized narrative of superiority among groups, the radicalization of nationalism in government caused by any number of issues such as perceived economic disparity to power imbalances, and lastly the diffusion of responsibility. Scapegoats & The Stab-in-the-Back Myth After the embarrassing loss of World War I and…

World War One to American Patriotism: Success by the United States’ Film Industry Watching movies in the early twentieth century served as America’s convenient entertainment, but the American film industry also played as an important factor into the initiation of America as a dominant and thriving country. As much of Europe was in distress during World War One, the United States’ decision to stay neutral until the brink of the war (in 1917) allowed room for the American film industry to…

The definition of propaganda is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. People often mistaken propaganda as new and modern, but it 's been around since ancient Athens. Of course, their form of propaganda was much different than what we use in the modern age. Back in Athens, their form of propaganda was traveling prophets going city to city. In the modern age, the U.S. government has issued various…

Congo can be understood through the lens of nationalism. The economic, social and political instability has resulted in humanitarian interventions to end the abuse of human rights and to help citizens who were still suffering from the exploitation and traumatic violent experiences. Although Western and european countries have attempted to resolve the social conflicts in the eastern part of Congo, humanitarian interventions remain unsuccessful because nationalism is a core in DRC politics and it…

Nationalism has a particular impact on the diverse identities of culture and civilization. It has the potential to affect people in both positive and negative ways. Overcoming the adversity that comes with diversity is one of the key aspects of nationalism, it is up to the people of the land to conquer it or not. The first source expresses the loyalties that the speaker believes are important for people to support. This source might seem as though it is promoting a negative idea of…

Nationalism and Imperialism became very important and impacting concepts in the nineteenth century. Not only was Nationalism and Imperialism existent in the nineteenth century, but these two concepts and ideas existed before the nineteenth century and started to rise and increase in impact in the late nineteenth, early twentieth centuries. By definition, Nationalism was the concept or idea that a country was better than all the others, which contributed to governments distinguishing themselves…

Nationalism can be defined as a patriotic feeling, often to an excessive degree. It was an important political movement that arose during the 19th century. It became an issue of national identity where the people strived to abandon their status as subjects of a ruler in order to achieve the concept of a nation. “Liberty, Equality and Brotherhood” became the slogan and idea of liberalism. This idea that grew tremendously throughout the century was influenced by the French Revolution and the…