ABSTRACT
Despite intellectual narratives that describe the increasing internationalization or globalization of life, realpolitik would seem to suggest that nation-states continue to be significant actors in the constitution of international society. National self-determination has been a prevalent source of legitimation in many political struggles and national statehood is a requirement for representation in many global bodies. National identity is a central aspect of contemporary subjectivity and yet, certainly within the discipline of geography, its articulation with gender has been largely ignored (but see Johnson 1995; Marston 1990; Nash 1994). This chapter represents an investigation into some of the genderings of nation in both academic theories of national identity and in the operation of nationalisms in the materiality of everyday life.
