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Britain since 1945 : aspects of identity / Peter Leese.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leese, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Group identity.
- Great Britain--Civilization--1945-.
- Great Britain.
- Civilization.
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--1945-.
- Manners and customs.
- Popular culture--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- History.
- National characteristics, British.
- Group identity--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Summary:
- What is British identity? Britain since 1945 argues the answer is not to be found in wars fought by the nation, the symbolism of flags, or the local loyalties of football fans. In this account of how identities have been formed and maintained within the United Kingdom, Peter Leese looks at regions and cities, particular social groups and areas of the collective imagination. Multi-ethnic communities in Swansea or in Southall; women punks or factory workers; Brit-pop bands or young Scottish film makers - Britain since 1945 uses extended case studies to demonstrate that identity is a social and imaginative process. Illustrated throughout with relevant images, maps, charts and timelines, this is an ideal text for students of British Studies, Cultural Studies and modern British history. Readers of all backgrounds and degrees of historical knowledge will find in this lively account chronology, context and telling detail essential to the investigation of identities in contemporary Britain.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A Montage of Identities 1
- Part I From War, from Modernism
- 1 Welfare's Place 13
- 2 Looking New 29
- 3 Soap-flake Arcadia 45
- Timeline 1 1945-59 60
- Part II Pop Protest, Pop Arts
- 4 Britain's Breakup 67
- 5 Limited Freedoms 85
- 6 UK Anarchy 101
- Timeline 2 1960-79 115
- Part III Post-empire, Post-aesthetics
- 7 Communication Webs 123
- 8 Fractured, Rearranged 139
- 9 Fragile States 154
- Timeline 3 1980-97 168
- Part IV Re-locating, Re-imagining
- 10 Millennium Life 175
- Timeline 4 1998-2005 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403948046
- 1403948054
- 9781403948045
- 9781403948052
- OCLC:
- 70114668
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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