… 1 and beyond (Europe, New Zealand or America), turning them into important elements for the construction of national identity. 2 Some of these originated from the grounds surrounding places of diverse use (e.g. manor houses, taverns), … to Coney Island (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013). 2 . See Naomi J. Stubbs, Cultivating National Identity Through Performance. American Pleasure Gardens and Entertainment (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, …