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Do I like the Queen now? : negotiating ethno-cultural identity through national celebration theatre performances : the case of a Greek community school in London
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Simpsi, Aspasia (2014) Do I like the Queen now? : negotiating ethno-cultural identity through national celebration theatre performances : the case of a Greek community school in London. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
This thesis explores the negotiation of ethno-cultural identity within a Greek community school in London. The focus is on the national celebration theatre performances and the respective ideological representations that are embedded within these celebrations. It is a qualitative ethnographic case study that employs the methods of participant-observation, field notes and ethnographic interviews. For the analysis I employ a grounded-theory-related approach where inductive and deductive approaches mutually inform one the other. The participants are students, students’ family members (parents and a grandparent) and educators of a Greek community school in North London. The project sets out to explore the participants’ reported perceptions on their self-positions while they are engaged in the school’s national celebration performances. The findings suggest that these celebrations have an impact on the participants’ self-positions that are related to ethnic, linguistic and religious parameters. Moreover, the participants’ reports emphasise that the theatre performances are permeated by contested ethnic/national, historical and linguistic ideologies that the community members do not accept unquestionably. In this view, the community school could possibly be described as a faith/ethnic related setting where the members of the community can affirm and/or re-affirm respective self-positions while participating in ritualistic celebrations, such as the national celebration theatre performances.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LC Special aspects of education | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Community schools -- England -- London, Greeks -- Ethnic identity, College and school drama | ||||
Official Date: | October 2014 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Centre for Education Studies | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Neelands, Jonothan | ||||
Sponsors: | Greece. Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs ; Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) | ||||
Extent: | 317 leaves | ||||
Language: | eng |
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