Studying British cultures
Subtitle: an introduction
By: edited by Susan Bassnett.
Contributors: Bassnett, Susan.
Series: New accents; New accents (Routledge (Firm))
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Culture -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain.; Popular culture -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain.; National characteristics, British -- Study and teaching.; Great Britain -- Civilization -- Study and teaching.
Description: This collection of essays analyses the ways of teaching and reading British culture. It covers contemporary issues such as the problem of national cultures and identities in modern Britain and the historical context of 'Britishness'
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : studying British cultures / Susan Bassnett; title: But what is cultural studies? / Antony Easthope; title: Facts and meanings in British cultural studies / Alan Durant; title: British studies : an educational perspective / Christopher Brumfit; title: Cultural studies and foreign language teaching / Michael Byram; title: Fictional maps of Britain / David Punter; title: Redefining Scotland / Robert Crawford; title: Cymru or Wales? : explorations in a divided sensibility / Katie Gramich; title: A view of the present state of Irish studies / Sabina Sharkey; title: Teaching West Indian literature in Britain / David Dabydeen; title: Shakespeare in quotations / John Drakakis.