Studying British Cultures: An Introduction

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Susan Bassnett
Psychology Press, 2003 - 225 pages

'British Studies' and 'British Cultural Studies' cover a wide range of facets of contemporary Britain. Studying British Cultures: An Introduction is a unique collection of essays which examine the most significant aspects of this quickly developing area of study, analyzing the ways of teaching and reading British culture.
The work covers the contemporary and key issues, including:

  • the terminological distinction between 'British Studies' and 'British Cultural Studies'
  • the problem of national cultures and identities in contemporary Britain
  • studying language and literature from a British Studies perspective
  • models for studying the historical context of the development of ideas of `Britishness'
  • studying contemporary Britain overseas

The contributors are some of the key names in current debates surrounding British Studies, and Susan Bassnett holds together their work with a substantial and accessible introduction. Studying British Cultures: An Introduction will be essential reading for students and teachers concerned with the study of contemporary Britain.

 

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Table des matières

But what is Cultural Studies?
3
Facts and meanings in British Cultural Studies
20
an educational perspective
41
Cultural Studies and foreign language teaching
56
Fictional maps of Britain
68
20
82
Dedefining Scotland
87
7 Cymru or Wales? Explorations in a divided sensibility
101
A view of the present state of Irish Studies
117
Teaching West Indian literature in Britain
139
41
153
Shakespeare in quotations
156
Studying British CULTURES 2003
177
BIBLIOGRAPHY
191
INDEX
217
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À propos de l'auteur (2003)

Susan Bassnett is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick. She has published extensively on translation, and her best known books include Reflections on Translation (2011), Constructing Cultures written with André Lefevere (1996) and Post-Colonial Translation co-edited with Harish Trivedi (1999). She translates from several languages and lectures on aspects of translation all over the world.

Informations bibliographiques

TitreStudying British Cultures: An Introduction
New accents
RédacteurSusan Bassnett
Éditionillustrée
ÉditeurPsychology Press, 2003
ISBN0415323509, 9780415323505
Longueur225 pages
  
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