British culture and the end of empire

British culture and the end of empireThis book is the first major attempt to examine the cultural manifestations of the demise of imperialism as a social and political ideology in post war Britain. Far from being a matter of indifference or resigned acceptance as is often suggested, the fall of the British Empire came as a profound shock to the British national imagination, and resonated widely in British popular culture. The sheer range of subjects discussed, from the satire boom of the

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the book collects the practical advice and wisdom of seventy-five artists and practitioners

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An ePDF version of this book is available for free download from the OAPEN platform: Signifying Europe

performing arts and visual arts

this book also contributes to the ongoing debate on representing the crisis

tongue and other speech organs with the help of tracings from films produced at the Institut de Phonétique de Strasbourg

Recent decades have seen a new appreciation develop for applied theatre and the role of arts-based activities in health care

Chapters discuss:

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and placing each within its specific ideological context

Setting new standards in assessing how masculinity in Argentina has been represented in film