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[ecrea] New book: Cambridge Companion to Modern British Culture

Mon Sep 27 09:48:17 GMT 2010



Colleagues on the list may be interested in the recent publication of The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Culture (edited by Michael Higgins, Clarissa Smith and John Storey). Published by Cambridge University Press and including innovative and readable chapters by key scholars in their fields, the companion enthusiastically embraces the debates, tensions and controversies that characterise Britishness and British cultural life.

1. Becoming British, John Storey;

2. Language developments in British English, David Crystal;

3. Schooling and culture, Ken Jones;

4. The changing character of political communication, John Street;

5. Contemporary Britain and its regions, John Tomaney;

6. Contemporary British cinema, Sarah Street;

7. Contemporary British fiction, Patricia Waugh;

8. Contemporary British poetry, Alex Goody;

9. Theatre in modern British culture, Michael Mangan;

10. Contemporary British television, Jane Arthurs;

11. British art in the twenty-first century, Valerie Reardon;

12. British fashion, Caroline Evans;

13. Sport in contemporary Britain, Ellis Cashmore;

14. British sexual cultures, Clarissa Smith;

15. British popular music, popular culture and exclusivity, Sheila Whiteley;

16. British newspapers today, Michael Higgins;

17. The struggle for ethno-religious equality in Britain: the place of the Muslim community, Tariq Madood;

Guide to further reading



Dr >Programme Leader, MA Film, Media & Cultural Studies
Reviews Editor, Participations: Online Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, http://www.participations.org
(clarissa.smith /at/ sunderland.ac.uk)






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