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Cultural identities and the aesthetics of Britishness / / ed. by Dana Arnold.
EBSCOhost eBook History Collection - North America Available online
EBSCOhost eBook History Collection - North America- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in Imperialism Series
- Studies in Imperialism ; ; 51
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aesthetics, British.
- Ethnology--Great Britain.
- Ethnology.
- Group identity--Great Britain.
- Group identity.
- Imperialism.
- National characteristics, British.
- National characteristics, Irish.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.) : Illustrations, black & white
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : : Manchester University Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Considers how notions of Britishness were constructed and promoted through architecture, landscape, painting, sculpture and literature. Maps important moments in the self-conscious evolution of the idea of 'nation' against a broad cultural historical framework. An important addition to the field of postcolonial studies as it looks at how British identity creation affected those living in England - most study in this area has thus far focused on the effect of such identity creation upon the colonial subject. Broad appeal due to wide subject matter covered. Examines just how 'constructed' a national identity is - past and present.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- General editor's introduction
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Robert Bowyer's Historic Gallery and the feminization of the 'nation'
- 2 Re-visioning landscape in Wales and New South Wales, c.1760-1840
- 3 The country house is just like a flag
- 4 Trans-planting national cultures
- 5 Two nations, twice
- 6 Monumental nationalism
- 7 Union and display in nineteenth-century Ireland
- 8 Gentlemen connoisseurs and capitalists
- 9 Albion's legacy - myth, history and 'the Matter of Britain'
- 10 Architecture and 'national projection' between the wars
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 1467875484
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