Empire, extraction and power in the Festivals of Britain of 1951 and 2022 / Caoimhe Mader McGuinness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mader McGuinness, Caoimhe, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in theatre, performance and the political

Cambridge elements. Elements in theatre, performance and the political, 2753-1244

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective memory--Great Britain.

Collective memory.

National characteristics, British.

Great Britain--Civilization--1945-.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (75 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"This Element compares the 1951 Festival of Britain with the 2022 Unboxed Festival to explore both continuities and shifts in the British state's relationship to empire, power and extraction as expressed in celebrations of national culture. The ideological projects underpinning these governments, distanced by more than seventy years, might be seen as fundamentally opposed. Yet approaching this comparative study through a conjunctural analysis focusing on the narrations of British identity and both events' wilful intertwining of technology and art reveals the continuities between both periods, especially as they pertain to historical practices of the imperial state and its far-reaching consequences"-- Cambridge University Press.

Contents:

Bordered identities

Extractive labours

Improvement : land to outer space.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge University Press, viewed December 2, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Mader McGuinness, Caoimhe. Empire, extraction and power in the Festivals of Britain of 1951 and 2022

ISBN:

9781009461290

100946129X

9781009461269

1009461265

OCLC:

1547477692

Publisher Number:

CIPO000308025

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license