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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454269003321

Autore

Featherstone Simon <1960->

Titolo

Englishness : twentieth century popular culture and the forming of English identity / / Simon Featherstone [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009

ISBN

0-7486-5176-4

1-282-05893-2

9786612058936

0-7486-3254-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

305.82/1

Soggetti

National characteristics, English

Nationalism - England

Social psychology - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: being English -- Thinking about England -- Reviving England -- Festivals -- Journeys -- The North -- Race -- Sport -- Voices -- Romance -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

An innovative and accessible study of English identities in the twentieth century. The book examines the conflicts  dilemmas and contradictions that marked Englishness as the nation changed from an imperial power to a postcolonial state.