About England
Published on 1. April 2023
1 pages
978-1-78914-754-4 (ISBN)
Description
'England' and 'Englishness' have received much attention in the twenty-first century, not least in debates over Brexit. About England explores how these concepts have been imagined since the 1960s, covering themes including politics, popular culture, geography, art, architecture, film and music.
David Matless navigates the country's complex cultural terrain, revealing the ways in which the national is entangled with the local, the regional, the European, the international, the imperial, the post-imperial and the global. He also addresses physical landscapes, from the village and country house to the urban, suburban and industrial, and reflects on the 'English modern'. About England uncovers the genealogy of recent cultural and political debates in England, showing how twenty-first-century concerns and anxieties have been moulded by events over the previous sixty years.
David Matless navigates the country's complex cultural terrain, revealing the ways in which the national is entangled with the local, the regional, the European, the international, the imperial, the post-imperial and the global. He also addresses physical landscapes, from the village and country house to the urban, suburban and industrial, and reflects on the 'English modern'. About England uncovers the genealogy of recent cultural and political debates in England, showing how twenty-first-century concerns and anxieties have been moulded by events over the previous sixty years.
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In this masterly new book, David Matless unravels the complex weave of "Englishness" in its continual twists and turns over the last sixty years. In so doing, he vividly identifies polarities, fear and pride, the pastoral and the modern, and many more, while highlighting the intense, even baffling, cultural connection between landscape and nation that lies at the heart of it all. This is an important, stimulating book. * Gillian Darley, writer and broadcaster *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
7,26 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78914-754-4 (9781789147544)
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David Matless is Professor of Cultural Geography at the University of Nottingham. His many books include Landscape and Englishness (Reaktion Books, 1998, Revised Edition 2016).
