British Cultural Identities - Softcover

3.4

42 ratings by Goodreads

9780415424608: British Cultural Identities

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415424607 ISBN 13: 9780415424608

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

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.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:

John Moores Univesity

Review:

‘Indispensible ... the ideal complement to the introductory texts on Britain.’ – J�rgen 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

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.