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UNINA9910412155903321 |
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Titolo |
Restaging the past : historical pageants, culture and society in Modern Britain / / edited by Angela Bartie, Linda Fleming, Mark Freeman, Alexander Hutton and Paul Readman |
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London : , : UCL Press, , 2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Soggetti |
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Pageants - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Historical Pageants in Yorkshire before the First World War -- A National Church Tells its Story: The English Church Pageant of 1909 -- The Pomp of Obliteration: G. K. Chesterton and the Edwardian Pageant Revival -- Historical Pageants, Citizenship and the Performance of Women's History before Second-Wave Feminism -- Nobility, Duty and Courage: Propaganda and Inspiration in Interwar Women's and Girls' Pageants -- Historical Pageants, Neo-Romanticism and the City in Interwar Britain -- 'A Chorus of Greek Poignancy': Communism, Class and Pageantry in Interwar South Wales -- The 'Quite Ordinary Man' at the Pageant: History, Community and Local Identity in the 1951 Festival of Britain -- 'The Scots' Pageant': The Arbroath Abbey Pageants 1947-2005 -- After the Show is Over ... Souvenirs and Mementos: The Material Culture of Historical Pageants -- 'The Story of Us'? Kynren and the Uses of the Past. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Restaging the Past is the first edited collection devoted to the study of pageants in Britain, ranging from its Edwardian origins to the present day. The volume highlights pageants as a key aspect of community history during a period of great social and political change. |
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