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These Englands: A Conversation on National Identity
Arthur (Ed) Aughey
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Description for These Englands: A Conversation on National Identity
Paperback. A conversation about what Enghlish national identity actually means. Editor(s): Aughey, Arthur; Berberich, Christine. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
The term ‘conversation’ is one of today’s jargon terms. This book explores in depth what conversation means in national terms. Its premise is that to be English is to participate in a conversation about the country’s history, politics, culture and society. The conversation changes, of course, but there is also continuity which illustrates a distinct tradition. It is a conversation, the book argues, which requires the plural notion of these Englands rather than the singularity of this England. Englishness, then, is the tone, register and idiom of it subject matters, its anxieties and certainties, differences and commonalities. The book explores ... Read more
The term ‘conversation’ is one of today’s jargon terms. This book explores in depth what conversation means in national terms. Its premise is that to be English is to participate in a conversation about the country’s history, politics, culture and society. The conversation changes, of course, but there is also continuity which illustrates a distinct tradition. It is a conversation, the book argues, which requires the plural notion of these Englands rather than the singularity of this England. Englishness, then, is the tone, register and idiom of it subject matters, its anxieties and certainties, differences and commonalities. The book explores ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719079610
SKU
9780719079610
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About Arthur (Ed) Aughey
Arthur Aughey is Professor of Politics at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown. Christine Berberich is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Portsmouth. -- .
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