Culture is a concept that has remained on the top of the agenda within the social sciences for two decades. It incites controversy and debate and always appears fresh. This book, updated throughout and with new sections on visual culture, urban culture and subcultures, argues that to understand the
British Cultural Identities 2nd Edition
โ Scribed by Michael Storry, Peter Childs
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 318
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
British Cultural Identities analyses contemporary British identity from the various and changing ways in which people who live in the UK position themselves and are positioned by their culture today. Each chapter covers one of the seven intersecting themes: place and environment education, work and leisure gender, sex and the family youth culture and style class and politics ethnicity and language* religion and heritage
โฆ Table of Contents
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 10
List of tables......Page 12
List of contributors......Page 13
Preface......Page 14
Introduction: Britain in the modern world......Page 16
Places and peoples: nation and region......Page 50
Education, work, and leisure......Page 88
Gender, sex, and the family......Page 126
Youth culture and style......Page 154
Class and politics......Page 190
Ethnicity and language......Page 224
Religion and heritage......Page 254
Conclusion: Britain towards the future......Page 288
Glossary......Page 308
Index......Page 314
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