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This collection of essays examines representations of the English
countryside and its mutations, and what they reveal about a
nation's, communities' or individuals' search for identity - and
fear of losing it. Based on a pluridisciplinary approach and a
variety of media, this book challenges the view that the English
countryside is an apolitical space characterised by permanence and
lack of conflict. It analyses how the pastoral motif is actually
subverted to explore liminal spaces and temporalities. The authors
deconstruct the "rural idyll" myth to show how it plays a
distinctive and yet ambiguous part in defining
Englishness/Britishness. A must read for both scholars and students
interested in British rural and cultural history, media and
literature.
At a time when debates about social inequality are in the
spotlight, it is worth examining how the two most popular media of
the 20th and 21st centuries-film and television-have shaped the
representation of social classes. How do generic conventions
determine the representation of social stereotypes? How do
filmmakers challenge social class identification? How do factors
such as national history, geography and gender affect the
representation of social classes? This collection of new essays
explores these and other questions through an analysis of a wide
range of American and British productions-from sitcoms and reality
TV to documentaries and auteur cinema-from the 1950s to the
present.
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