British Culture of the Post-War

British Culture of the Post-War
Author: Alastair Davies
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1135100152

From Angus Wilson to Pat Barker and Salman Rushdie, British Culture of the Post-War is an ideal starting point for those studying cultural developments in Britain of recent years. Chapters on individual people and art forms give a clear and concise overview of the progression of different genres. They also discuss the wider issues of Britain's relationship with America and Europe, and the idea of Britishness. Each section is introduced with a short discussion of the major historical events of the period. Read as a whole, British Culture of the Postwar will give students a comprehensive introduction to this turbulent and exciting period, and a greater understanding of the cultural production arising from it.

Cultural Marxism in Postwar Britain

Cultural Marxism in Postwar Britain
Author: Dennis L. Dworkin
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780822319146

A history of British cultural Marxism. This book traces its development from beginnings in postwar Britain, through transformations in the 1960s and 1970s, to the emergence of British cultural studies at Birmingham, up to the advent of Thatcherism, to reflect a tradition, that represents an effort to resolve the crisis of the postwar British Left.

Stress in Post-War Britain, 1945–85

Stress in Post-War Britain, 1945–85
Author: Mark Jackson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317318048

In the years following World War II the health and well-being of the nation was of primary concern to the British government. The essays in this collection examine the relationship between health and stress in post-war Britain through a series of carefully connected case studies.

Cynicism in British Post-War Culture

Cynicism in British Post-War Culture
Author: K. Curran
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2014-11-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137444355

This book is the first academic text to examine cynicism as a driving force in the context of post-war British culture. It maps a sensibility that transcends divisions between high and low culture, and encompasses figures such as Philip Larkin, John Lennon and Stephen Patrick Morrissey.

Life After Death

Life After Death
Author: Richard Bessel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2003-05-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521009225

This book offers a novel approach to the cultural and social history of Europe after the Second World War.

British Cultural Memory and the Second World War

British Cultural Memory and the Second World War
Author: Lucy Noakes
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2013-11-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1441104976

Few historical events have resonated as much in modern British culture as the Second World War. It has left a rich legacy in a range of media that continue to attract a wide audience: film, TV and radio, photography and the visual arts, journalism and propaganda, architecture, museums, music and literature. The enduring presence of the war in the public world is echoed in its ongoing centrality in many personal and family memories, with stories of the Second World War being recounted through the generations. This collection brings together recent historical work on the cultural memory of the war, examining its presence in family stories, in popular and material culture and in acts of commemoration in Britain between 1945 and the present.

Cultures of Post-War British Fascism

Cultures of Post-War British Fascism
Author: Nigel Copsey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2015-04-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317539370

In Post-War Britain cultural interventions were a feature of fascist parties and movements, just as they were in Europe. This book makes a new major contribution to existing scholarship which begins to discuss British fascism as a cultural phenomenon. A collection of essays from leading academics, this book uncovers how a cultural struggle lay at the heart of the hegemonic projects of all varieties of British fascism. Such a cultural struggle is enacted and reflected in the text and talk, music and literature of British fascism. Where other published works have examined the cultural visions of British fascism during the inter-war period, this book is the first to dedicate itself to detailed critical analysis of the post-war cultural landscapes of British fascism. Through discussions of cultural phenomena such as folk music, fashion and neo-nazi fiction, among others, Cultures of Post-War British Fascism builds a picture of Post-War Britain which emphasises the importance of understanding these politics with reference to their corresponding cultural output. This book is essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates studying far right politics and British history.

Englishness, Pop and Post-war Britain

Englishness, Pop and Post-war Britain
Author: Kari Kallioniemi
Publisher: Intellect (UK)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9781783205998

English pop music served a key role in defining, constructing and challenging various ideas about Englishness after World War II. Kallioniemi covers a range of styles of pop as he explores the question of how various artists, genres and pieces of music contributed to the developing understanding of who and what was English in the postwar years.

Millions Like Us'?

Millions Like Us'?
Author: Visiting Senior Fellow Department of Psychology Nicky Hayes
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780853237631

This collection of essays brings together the latest historical research on cultural production and reception during the Second World War. It covers the way in which cultural provision was viewed by the labour movement and industry.

British Culture After Empire

British Culture After Empire
Author: Josh Doble
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-12-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781526182548

This book follows the afterlives of empire from 1945 to present day, providing an interdisciplinary analysis of how the legacy of empire continues to shape the cultures, politics, spaces and memories of contemporary Britain. The essays it contains illustrate this with reference to a series of local histories, individual texts and institutions.