New Model Island : how to build a radical culture beyond the idea of England / Alex Niven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niven, Alex, 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--England.

Nationalism.

England--Civilization.

England.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

147 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Repeater, 2019.

Summary:

In the early twenty-first century, 'Englishness' suddenly became a hot topic. A rash of art exhibitions, pop albums and coffee table books arrived on the scene, all desperate to recover England's lost national soul. But when we clear away the patriotic stereotypes, we begin to see the fundamental ways in which England does not -- and perhaps should not -- exist at all. In this provocative text combining polemic and memoir, Alex Niven argues that the map of the so-call British Isles should be torn apart completely as we look forward to a time of radical political reform. Ranging over poetry, pop music, civic history and utopian conjecture, Niven argues for a fully renovated design for the islands -- a fluid, dynamic version of regionalism preparing the way for a new 'dream archipelago'. -- Back cover.

Contents:

1 Alton Towers & the English Void p. 23

Lyric Island: Singing in Chains p. 45

2 Millennial Englishness p. 51

Lyric Island: Cities of the Fringe p. 75

3 Alt-England p. 83

Lyric Island: Tolpuddle Prayer p. 97

4 Dream Archipelagos & Regionalism 2.0 p. 107

Lyric Outro: Under a Blue Moon p. 133

Appendix: Note on Terminology p. 145.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781912248254

1912248255

OCLC:

1124271056