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British Cultural Identities Zusammenfassung

British Cultural Identities Mike Storry

British Cultural Identities assesses the degree to which being British impinges on the identity of the many people who live in Britain, analysing contemporary British identity through the various and changing ways in which people who live in the UK position themselves and are positioned by their culture today.

This new edition is updated to include discussion of key events and societal shifts such as the 2016 'Brexit' referendum, the 2015 British General Election, the growing emphasis on devolution, the 2012 Olympic Games, the new generation of royals, UKIP and the Euro crisis, the response to fundamentalism and the proliferation of social networking. Using examples from contemporary and popular culture, chapters cover a range of intersecting themes including:

place and environment

education, work and leisure

gender, sex and the family

youth culture and style

class and politics

ethnicity and language

religion

heritage.

Accessible in style, illustrated with photographs, tables and timelines and containing discussion questions, cultural examples and suggestions for further resources at the end of each chapter, British Cultural Identities is the perfect introductory text for students of contemporary British society.

British Cultural Identities Bewertungen

Covering numerous aspects of contemporary British life, British Cultural Identities succeeds in combining an engaging introduction to Britain with an accessible discussion of the complexities of identities. Thanks to its holistic approach and the frequent use of classic and recent examples, it also encourages readers to draw their own conclusions and develop their own research projects. Therefore, this updated text is an excellent choice for undergraduate students in class as well as for independent study.

Frauke Hofmeister, Leipzig University, Germany

There is a good reason why British Cultural Identities is now in its fifth edition: it is easily the best book of its kind. It is wonderfully lucid and lively in its style, and eclectic and inclusive in its definition of culture. It manages to convey a sense of British culture as a whole while being fully attentive to regional and ethnic diversity. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to include our current identity crisis about what it means to be British.

Joe Moran, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Accessible, engaging and replete with contemporary examples, this new edition will be essential reading for students of British history, culture and identity.

Hannah Ewence, University of Chester, UK

Covering numerous aspects of contemporary British life, British Cultural Identities succeeds in combining an engaging introduction to Britain with an accessible discussion of the complexities of identities. Thanks to its holistic approach and the frequent use of classic and recent examples, it also encourages readers to draw their own conclusions and develop their own research projects. Therefore, this updated text is an excellent choice for undergraduate students in class as well as for independent study.

Frauke Hofmeister, Leipzig University, Germany

There is a good reason why British Cultural Identities is now in its fifth edition: it is easily the best book of its kind. It is wonderfully lucid and lively in its style, and eclectic and inclusive in its definition of culture. It manages to convey a sense of British culture as a whole while being fully attentive to regional and ethnic diversity. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to include our current identity crisis about what it means to be British.

Joe Moran, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Accessible, engaging and replete with contemporary examples, this new edition will be essential reading for students of British history, culture and identity.

Hannah Ewence, University of Chester, UK

Über Mike Storry

Mike Storry was Senior Lecturer in English at Liverpool John Moores University and is now a freelance writer. He co-edited the Encyclopaedia of Contemporary British Culture (Routledge, 1999) with Peter Childs.

Peter Childs is Professor of English at Newman University Birmingham and author of many books on twentieth-century culture and literature, including Modernism (third edition, Routledge, 2016).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures

List of tables

Preface

List of contributors

Introduction: the ghost of Britain past

Mike Storry and Peter Childs

1 Places and peoples: region and nation

Peter Childs

2 Education, work and leisure

Mike Storry

3 Gender, sex, and the family

Roberta Garrett

4 Youth culture and style

Jo Croft

5 Class and politics

Frank McDonough

6 Ethnicity and language

Gerry Smyth

7 Religion

Edmund Cusick and Mike Storry

8 Heritage

Edmund Cusick and Mike Storry

Conclusion: Britain towards the future

Peter Childs

Glossary

Index

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR009380062

ISBN 13

9781138951129

ISBN 10

1138951129

Titel

British Cultural Identities Mike Storry

Autor

Mike Storry

Zustand

Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Datum

20161110

Anzahl der Seiten

336

Preise

N/A

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