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Cultural transformations in the English-speaking world / edited by Cecile Cottenet, Jean-Christophe Murat and Nathalie Vanfasse.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Social aspects--English-speaking countries.
- English language.
- English language--Variation--English-speaking countries.
- Language and culture--English-speaking countries.
- Language and culture.
- Group identity--English-speaking countries.
- Group identity.
- English-speaking countries--Social conditions.
- English-speaking countries.
- English-speaking countries--Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a context where cultural transformations have become a basic feature of modern life as people and nations are brought closer together, this book tackles transformations occurring Otherin and across cultures of the English-speaking world in the fields of literature, painting, architecture, photography and films. It helps readers decipher those dynamic phenomena and situate them in a historical perspective. The articles move Otherin and across cultures and mirror the broad range of approaches ...
- Contents:
- pt. I. Channel-crossing, crossing channels
- pt. II. Culture and its discontents
- pt. III. Founding texts, founding cultures, founding languages
- pt. IV. Revisiting the canon and cultural icons/revisiting cultural icons and the canon.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-58517-7
- 9786612585173
- 1-4438-1789-9
- OCLC:
- 821179887
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