Studying British Cultures: An IntroductionSusan Bassnett '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 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. |
Contents
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 |
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