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The English Countryside: Representations, Identities, Mutations
David Haigron (Ed.)
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Description for The English Countryside: Representations, Identities, Mutations
Hardback. Editor(s): Haigron, David. Num Pages: 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This collection of essays examines representations of the English countryside and its mutations, and what they reveal about a nation's, communities' or individuals' search for identity - and fear of losing it. Based on a pluridisciplinary approach and a variety of media, this book challenges the view that the English countryside is an apolitical space characterised by permanence and lack of conflict. It analyses how the pastoral motif is actually subverted to explore liminal spaces and temporalities. The authors deconstruct the rural idyll myth to show how it plays a distinctive and yet ambiguous part in defining Englishness/Britishness. ... Read more
This collection of essays examines representations of the English countryside and its mutations, and what they reveal about a nation's, communities' or individuals' search for identity - and fear of losing it. Based on a pluridisciplinary approach and a variety of media, this book challenges the view that the English countryside is an apolitical space characterised by permanence and lack of conflict. It analyses how the pastoral motif is actually subverted to explore liminal spaces and temporalities. The authors deconstruct the rural idyll myth to show how it plays a distinctive and yet ambiguous part in defining Englishness/Britishness. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319532721
SKU
V9783319532721
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Ref
99-15
About David Haigron (Ed.)
David Haigron is Senior Lecturer in British Studies at the University of Rennes 2, France. He is the author of The UK's Political Landscape in the 21st Century (2014) and co-edited Social Class on British and American Screens (2016).
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