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Title Studying British cultures : an introduction / edited by Susan Bassnett.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

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Edition [2nd ed.].
Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 225 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series New accents
New accents (Routledge (Firm))
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-215) and index.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction: Studying British Cultures; But what is Cultural Studies?; Facts and meanings in British Cultural Studies; British Studies: an educational perspective; Cultural Studies and foreign language teaching; Fictional maps of Britain; Dedefining Scotland; Cymru or Wales? Explorations in a divided sensibility; A view of the present state of Irish Studies; Teaching West Indian literature in Britain; Shakespeare in quotations; AFTERWORD: STUDYING BRITISH CULTURES, 2003; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Summary This is a lively and provocative volume of essays that offer the ideal introduction to a contentious area. In vivid and entertaining essays, the authors demonstrate that 'culture' is a plurality of discourses, not a fixed, unitary concept.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Culture -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain.
Culture -- Study and teaching.
Great Britain.
Popular culture -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain.
Popular culture -- Study and teaching.
National characteristics, British -- Study and teaching.
National characteristics, British.
Great Britain -- Civilization -- Study and teaching.
Civilization.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Bassnett, Susan.
Other Form: Print version: Studying British cultures. [2nd ed.]. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 0415323509 0415323517 (DLC) 2003006727 (OCoLC)51900316
ISBN 0203356616 (electronic book)
9780203356616 (electronic book)
0415323509 (alkaline paper)
0415323517 (paperback ; alkaline paper)