Performing Englishness Identity and politics in a contemporary folk resurgence /
Winter, Trish,author.
Keegan-Phipps, Simon,author.
Now available in paperback , Performing Englishness examines the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of the twenty-first century. In the only study of its kind, the authors explore how the folk resurgence speaks to a broader explosion of interest in the subject of English national and cultural identity. Combining approaches from British cultural studies and ethnomusicology, the book draws on ethnographic fieldwork, interviews with central figures of the resurgence and close analysis of music and dance as well as visual and discursive sources. Its prese
Description based upon print version of record.
Now available in paperback , Performing Englishness examines the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of the twenty-first century. In the only study of its kind, the authors explore how the folk resurgence speaks to a broader explosion of interest in the subject of English national and cultural identity. Combining approaches from British cultural studies and ethnomusicology, the book draws on ethnographic fieldwork, interviews with central figures of the resurgence and close analysis of music and dance as well as visual and discursive sources. Its prese
Includes bibliographical references and discography (pages 169-180), and index
Introduction -- Contemporary English folk. The folk industry ; The mainstreaming of English folk ; An English style? -- Nation and identity. The English context ; A place called England ; Englishness ; Conclusion.
Description based on print version record.
National characteristics, English.
Folk art
Arts, English
Folk dancing, English
Folk music