LEADER 03817oam 2200613I 450 001 9910957766703321 005 20250926175655.0 010 $a1-351-87346-6 010 $a1-138-27581-6 010 $a1-315-23424-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315234243 035 $a(CKB)3710000001081990 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4817175 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4817175 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11356347 035 $a(OCoLC)975222624 035 $a(OCoLC)974642377 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB139206 035 $a(BIP)63370811 035 $a(BIP)9796392 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001081990 100 $a20180706e20162004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aWe Europeans? $emass-observation, 'race' and British identity in the twentieth century /$fTony Kushner 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (294 pages) 225 1 $aStudies in European Cultural Transition 300 $aFirst published 2004 by Ashgate Publishing. 311 08$a0-7546-0206-0 311 08$a1-351-87347-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Contexts -- pt. 2. Praxis : from fieldwork to directive -- pt. 3. Of ourselves, by ourselves : the mass-observation diaries. 330 $aWe Europeans is the first book-length study of the original mass observation project. It is also the first detailed historical study of the formation of ordinary people's 'racial' attitudes in Britain. Drawing upon historical, literary, cultural and anthropological approaches, this book examines the sources of cultural identity in Britain in the twentieth century, and how these were shaped through the influences of family, education, and everyday 'high' and 'low' culture. The examination focuses on the archives of the British social-anthropological organization Mass-Observation, and is the first detailed history of it to be published. Founded in the 1930s by poets, psychoanalysts, surrealists, and sociologists, among others, the purpose of the organization was to create an anthropology of the British people by the 'natives' themselves, through the use of diaries, directives and special surveys. The organization was active from 1937 to 1951, then revived in the 1980s, when a new group of Mass-Observers were recruited to keep diaries and respond to directives. Both the historical archive of Mass-Observation and the more recent material provide fascinating insight into the everyday lives and formation of identities of ordinary people in Britain. Kushner places the material from these archives in the context of other contemporary writings; through them he explores grassroots identities in Britain in relation to the outside world, especially Europe but also the former Empire and the USA. This study will be of interest to scholars of sociology, cultural studies, literary studies and history who are particularly interested in 'race', race relations, immigration and cultural difference. 410 0$aStudies in European cultural transition. 606 $aNational characteristics, British$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aGroup identity$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPublic opinion$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aNational characteristics, British$xHistory 615 0$aGroup identity$xHistory 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory 676 $a305.8/00941 700 $aKushner$b Tony$g(Antony Robin Jeremy),$0604313 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957766703321 996 $aWe Europeans$94438028 997 $aUNINA