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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808246803321

Autore

Hajkowski Thomas

Titolo

The BBC and national identity in Britain, 1922–53 / Thomas Hajkowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York (N.Y.) : , : Manchester University Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-78170-231-4

1-84779-301-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Studies in popular culture

Disciplina

302.23440941

Soggetti

1922-1953

identité nationale

communication de masse

Nationalisme - Dans les medias - Grande-Bretagne

Radio broadcasting

Nationalism

Mass media and nationalism

Nationalism - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Radio broadcasting - Great Britain - History

Mass media and nationalism - Great Britain

History

Grande-Bretagne

Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Jolly proud you are a Britisher:" empire and identity, 1923-39 -- From the war to Westminster Abbey: the BBC and the empire, 1939-53 -- The BBC and the making of a multi-national monarchy -- Rethinking regional broadcasting in Britain, 1922-53 -- Broadcasting a nation: the BBC and national identity in Scotland -- BBC broadcasting in Wales, 1922-53 -- This is Northern Ireland: regional broadcasting and identity in "Ulster".

Sommario/riassunto

Examining the ways in which the BBC constructed and disseminated



British national identity during the second quarter of the twentieth century, this book is the first study that focuses in a comprehensive way on how the BBC, through its radio programs, tried to represent what it meant to be British. The BBC and national identity in Britain offers a revision of histories of regional broadcasting in Britain that interpret it as a form of cultural imperialism. The regional organization of the BBC, and the news and creative programming designed specifically for regional listeners, reinforced the cu