| Description |
1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Introduction: being English -- Thinking about England -- Reviving England -- Festivals -- Journeys -- The North -- Race -- Sport -- Voices -- Romance -- Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
National characteristics, English.
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National characteristics, English. |
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Nationalism -- England.
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Nationalism. |
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England. |
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Social psychology -- England.
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Social psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Featherstone, Simon, 1960- Englishness. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2009 9780748623655 0748623655 (OCoLC)226360331 |
| ISBN |
9780748632541 (electronic book) |
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0748632549 (electronic book) |
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1282058932 |
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9781282058934 |
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9780748623655 |
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0748623655 |
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0748623663 |
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9780748623662 |
| Standard No. |
9786612058936 |
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