Microcultures and the nationalist speech

Abstract

This article was about the theme of national cultural identity and the effects on microcultures. Its objective was to discuss about the constitutive processes of an imagined community and its influences on microcultures. The theoretical/methodological foundation was supported, among others, in the studies of: Anderson (2008), who discuss the concept of imagined community, national consciousness; Bachelard (2008), with the metaphor of the house, basement, attic; Hall (2014, 2019) and the concepts of erasure (X), cultural identity, national identity; Bhabha (1998), based on the idea of ambivalence; Bauman (1999), with the concept of the nation-state; Said (2004, 2011) and out of place concepts, overlapping identity, territory, intertwined histories, structure of attitudes and behaviors, imperialism; and Maingueneau (2015), especially the concept of discursive ethos. It was a qualitative research, with an exploratory approach. The results showed that there is an active process of decentering the conception of a fixed national identity. And, because of this character, it seeks, by different means, to limit the expression of cultural differences of gender, class, sexuality, religiosity.