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Title Studying British cultures : an introduction / edited by Susan Bassnett
Edition [2nd ed.]
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 225 pages)
Series New accents
New accents (Routledge (Firm))
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-215) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Culture -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain
Popular culture -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain
National characteristics, British -- Study and teaching
HISTORY.
Civilization -- Study and teaching
Culture -- Study and teaching
Popular culture -- Study and teaching
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Civilization -- Study and teaching
Subject Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Bassnett, Susan
ISBN 0203356616
9780203356616
9780415323505
9780415323512
0415323509
0415323517