CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Gurung, Binit |
|---|---|
| Title | Map, Flag and Nepali Nationalism |
| Summary | Taking two recent instances of hot nationalism in Nepal, triggered by events that infringed on the national symbols such as map and flag, this thesis explores how these events informed the frames and discourse of ordinary Nepalis as captured by the reaction videos on YouTube. I discuss how the reaction videos reinforce Nepali state nationalism ideologically, reflecting the strength of nationalist ideology in public consciousness - despite a significant shift in the configuration of Nepali nationalism in recent years due to political change. I suggest nationalism is best conceived as an ideology from which various discourses of nationalism are derived with the state discourse of nationalism being the most powerful. I underline the analytical significance of hot nationalism as it brings to fore what constitutes the banal in banal nationalism. Hot nationalism, in response to the perceived violation of national symbols, facilitates analysis of how people discursively frame the otherwise banal national symbols in the context of their violation, the kind of frames and discourse that ritualized events do not activate, and hence, can provide insight into the relationship between the nationalist ideology, national symbols and the bottom-up discursive practices in specific contexts. |
| Supervisor | Pap, András László |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/gurung_binit.pdf |
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