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We Europeans? - Mass-Observation, Race and British Identity in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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We Europeans? - Mass-Observation, Race and British Identity in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
Series: Studies in European Cultural Transition
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We Europeans is the first book-length study of the original mass
observation project. It is also the first detailed historical study
of the formation of ordinary people's 'racial' attitudes in
Britain. Drawing upon historical, literary, cultural and
anthropological approaches, this book examines the sources of
cultural identity in Britain in the twentieth century, and how
these were shaped through the influences of family, education, and
everyday 'high' and 'low' culture. The examination focuses on the
archives of the British social-anthropological organization
Mass-Observation, and is the first detailed history of it to be
published. Founded in the 1930s by poets, psychoanalysts,
surrealists, and sociologists, among others, the purpose of the
organization was to create an anthropology of the British people by
the 'natives' themselves, through the use of diaries, directives
and special surveys. The organization was active from 1937 to 1951,
then revived in the 1980s, when a new group of Mass-Observers were
recruited to keep diaries and respond to directives. Both the
historical archive of Mass-Observation and the more recent material
provide fascinating insight into the everyday lives and formation
of identities of ordinary people in Britain. Kushner places the
material from these archives in the context of other contemporary
writings; through them he explores grassroots identities in Britain
in relation to the outside world, especially Europe but also the
former Empire and the USA. This study will be of interest to
scholars of sociology, cultural studies, literary studies and
history who are particularly interested in 'race', race relations,
immigration and cultural difference.
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