British Cultural Identities - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415424607 ISBN 13: 9780415424608

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

In British Cultural Identities Mike Storry and Peter Childs assess the degree to which being British impinges on the identity of the many people who live in Britain. They analyze 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. Using examples from contemporary and popular culture, each chapter covers one of seven intersecting themes:

• place and environment
• education, work and leisure
• gender, sex and the family
• youth culture and style
• class and politics
• ethnicity and language
• religion and heritage.

This third edition is fully updated to include environmental concerns, devolution, the infantilization of culture, binge-drinking and reality TV, 7/7 and terrorism, and the general shift from a literate to a visual culture.

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Review

‘Indispensible ... the ideal complement to the introductory texts on Britain.’ – Jürgen Kramer, Dortmund University, Germany

‘A valuable introduction to many aspects of British life.’ - Ovidi Carbonell, University of Salamanca, Spain

‘Exactly the book we’ve been looking for! A non-institution based contemporary introduction to Britain.’ – M. J. J. Nyman, Joensuu, University, Finland

From the Back Cover

British Cultural Identities analyses contemporary British identity from the various and changing ways in which people who live in the UK position themselves and are positioned by their culture today. Each chapter covers one of the seven intersecting themes:
* place and environment
* education, work and leisure
* gender, sex and the family
* youth culture and style
* class and politics
* ethnicity and language
* religion and heritage.

Each chapter is clearly structured around key themes, has a timeline of important dates and a list of recent British cultural examples drawn from books, films and TV programmes. In addition there is recommended reading, there are questions and exercises chosen by experienced teachers, and tables and photographs throughout.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415424607
• ISBN 13: 9780415424608
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Storry Mike, Childs Peter