Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-215) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction: Studying British Cultures; But what is Cultural Studies?; Facts and meanings in British Cultural Studies; British Studies: an educational perspective; Cultural Studies and foreign language teaching; Fictional maps of Britain; Dedefining Scotland; Cymru or Wales? Explorations in a divided sensibility; A view of the present state of Irish Studies; Teaching West Indian literature in Britain; Shakespeare in quotations; AFTERWORD: STUDYING BRITISH CULTURES, 2003; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
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This is a lively and provocative volume of essays that offer the ideal introduction to a contentious area. In vivid and entertaining essays, the authors demonstrate that 'culture' is a plurality of discourses, not a fixed, unitary concept.
Studying British cultures.
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Culture-- Study and teaching-- Great Britain.
National characteristics, British-- Study and teaching.
Popular culture-- Study and teaching-- Great Britain.