British Cultural Identities

British Cultural Identities

by PeterChilds (Editor), Mike Storry (Editor)

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 The second edition of this successful book brings it right up to date to cover such phenomena as Posh and Becks, Jamie Oliver, Big Brother, the Millenium Dome and Harry Potter.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 18 Jul 2002

ISBN 10: 0415278619
ISBN 13: 9780415278614

Media Reviews
'Indispensable the ideal complement to introductory texts on Britain.' - Professor Dr Jurgen Kramer, Dortmund University; 'A valuable introduction to many aspects of British life.' - Dr Ovidi Carbonell, University of Salamanca; 'Well-organised and gives consideration to a variety of relevant factors in the formation of identity - eminently readable.' - Dr Ian Inglis, University of Northumbria