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Performing Englishness: Identity and Politics in a Contemporary Folk Resurgence
Trish Winter
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Description for Performing Englishness: Identity and Politics in a Contemporary Folk Resurgence
Hardback. Looks in detail at the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of the twenty-first century Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Performing Englishness examines the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of the twenty-first century. In the only study of its kind, the authors explore how the folk resurgence speaks to a broader explosion of interest in the subject of English national and cultural identity. Combining approaches from British cultural studies and ethnomusicology, the book draws on ethnographic fieldwork, interviews with central figures of the resurgence and close analysis of music and dance as well as visual and discursive sources. Its presentation of the English case study calls for a rethinking of concepts ... Read more
Performing Englishness examines the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of the twenty-first century. In the only study of its kind, the authors explore how the folk resurgence speaks to a broader explosion of interest in the subject of English national and cultural identity. Combining approaches from British cultural studies and ethnomusicology, the book draws on ethnographic fieldwork, interviews with central figures of the resurgence and close analysis of music and dance as well as visual and discursive sources. Its presentation of the English case study calls for a rethinking of concepts ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
New Ethnographies
Condition
New
Weight
455 g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719085390
SKU
V9780719085390
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About Trish Winter
Trish Winter is a Senior Lecturer in Film at the University of Sunderland Simon Keegan-Phipps is a Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at the University of Sheffield -- .
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