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Cover: 9780786462940 | Culture Wars in British Literature | Tracy J. Prince | Taschenbuch
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Culture Wars in British Literature
Multiculturalism and National Identity
Taschenbuch von Tracy J. Prince
Sprache: Englisch

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The past century's culture wars that Britain has been consumed by, but that few North Americans seem aware of, have resulted in revised notions of Britishness and British literature. Yet literary anthologies remain anchored to an archaic Anglo-English interpretation of British literature. Conflicts have been played out over specific national vs. British identity (some residents prefer to describe themselves as being from Scotland, England, Wales, or Northern Ireland instead of Britain), in debates over immigration, race, ethnicity, class, and gender, and in arguments over British literature. These debates are strikingly detailed in such chapters as: "The Difficulty Defining 'Black British'," "British Jewish Writers" and "Xenophobia and the Booker Prize." Connections are also drawn between civil rights movements in the U.S. and UK. This generalist cultural study is a lively read and a fascinating glimpse into Britain's changing identity as reflected in 20th and 21st century British literature.
The past century's culture wars that Britain has been consumed by, but that few North Americans seem aware of, have resulted in revised notions of Britishness and British literature. Yet literary anthologies remain anchored to an archaic Anglo-English interpretation of British literature. Conflicts have been played out over specific national vs. British identity (some residents prefer to describe themselves as being from Scotland, England, Wales, or Northern Ireland instead of Britain), in debates over immigration, race, ethnicity, class, and gender, and in arguments over British literature. These debates are strikingly detailed in such chapters as: "The Difficulty Defining 'Black British'," "British Jewish Writers" and "Xenophobia and the Booker Prize." Connections are also drawn between civil rights movements in the U.S. and UK. This generalist cultural study is a lively read and a fascinating glimpse into Britain's changing identity as reflected in 20th and 21st century British literature.
Über den Autor
Tracy J. Prince is a Scholar-in-Residence at Portland State University's Portland Center for Public Humanities in Oregon. She has spent her career teaching and writing about race, gender, and social equity issues and has taught in or spent extensive research time in Turkey, Australia, England, Canada, and throughout the United States.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Thomas C. Caramagno

Preface

Introduction: Mind the Gap

One The Imploded Empire: Literary Reactions to Britain's Changed Empire

Two The Dif¿culty De¿ning British Literature

Three The Dif¿culty De¿ning "Black British"

Four Two Nations: Class Issues in Contemporary British Literature

Five British Jewish Writers

Six Xenophobia and the Booker Prize

Seven Britain's "New" Multicultural Identity

Appendix I: Man Booker Prize Winners

Appendix II: International Man Booker Prize Winners

Appendix III: Orange Prize Winners

Works Cited

Index
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Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika, Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780786462940
ISBN-10: 0786462949
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Prince, Tracy J.
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Tracy J. Prince
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2012
Gewicht: 0,387 kg
Artikel-ID: 127948527
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