Monarchy and National Identity: Wales and the 1953 Coronation
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Yn: Cultural and Social History, Cyfrol 19, Rhif 3, 04.04.2022, t. 301-322.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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T1 - Monarchy and National Identity: Wales and the 1953 Coronation
AU - Wiliam, Mari
PY - 2022/4/4
Y1 - 2022/4/4
N2 - The Coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 conjured a symbolic British national unity. However, by examining the Coronation in Wales, this article challenges this impression, and contends that responses to the event were diffuse and as subject to malleability by ‘local’ agendas as much as by ‘top-down’ monarchical power. This ‘negotiated appropriation’ of the Coronation unearths not so much the ‘naturalness of Britishness’ in Wales but the elusive perplexity of its national identities. By exploring both elite Welsh ‘national’ perspectives and responses in north-east Wales, it is evident that the Coronation was a significant cultural indicator in 1950s Wales.
AB - The Coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 conjured a symbolic British national unity. However, by examining the Coronation in Wales, this article challenges this impression, and contends that responses to the event were diffuse and as subject to malleability by ‘local’ agendas as much as by ‘top-down’ monarchical power. This ‘negotiated appropriation’ of the Coronation unearths not so much the ‘naturalness of Britishness’ in Wales but the elusive perplexity of its national identities. By exploring both elite Welsh ‘national’ perspectives and responses in north-east Wales, it is evident that the Coronation was a significant cultural indicator in 1950s Wales.
KW - Coronation
KW - Wales
KW - Welsh
KW - Monarchy
KW - Britishness
KW - 1950s
U2 - 10.1080/14780038.2022.2060903
DO - 10.1080/14780038.2022.2060903
M3 - Article
VL - 19
SP - 301
EP - 322
JO - Cultural and Social History
JF - Cultural and Social History
SN - 1478-0038
IS - 3
ER -