Englishness
Subtitle: twentieth century popular culture and the forming of English identity
By: Simon Featherstone.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780748623655
Subjects: National characteristics, English; Nationalism -- England; Social psychology -- England
Description: This book examines the conflicts, dilemmas and contradictions that marked Englishness as the nation changed from an imperial power to a postcolonial state. The chapters deal with travel writing, popular song, music hall and variety theatre, dances, elocution lessons, cricket and football, and national festivals, as well as literature and film.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: being English; title: Thinking about England; title: Reviving England; title: Festivals; title: Journeys; title: The North; title: Race; title: Sport; title: Voices; title: Romance; title: Conclusion.