WS 24/25 Seminar "Kulturstudien und Schule: Cultural Identities and the Classroom: Britishness and All That"

Main Author/Authors Colley, Linda
Acts of union, acts of disunion: what has held the UK together- and what is dividing it?

Main Author/Authors Skinner, Jody
Anglo-American Cultural Studies

The third edition of Skinner's introduction to Anglo-American cultural studies has been thoroughly revised to include Brexit, Trump, the pandemic, and the war in Ukraine. This standard textbook now includes new full-color graphics as well as updated recommendations for further reading and watching at the end of each chapter. Anglo-American Cultural Studies refreshingly breaks with the tradition of dry impersonal summaries of facts and figures to provide German students with first-hand experience of the personal tone and humor that can characterize academic discourse in Britain and the US.

Main Author/Authors Skinner, Jody
Anglo-American cultural studies

Main Author/Authors Kramer, Jürgen
Britain and Ireland: a concise history

"Britain and Ireland: A Concise History is a handbook on the history of the British Isles for students of British studies all around the world. It recounts the history of the two states - the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (Eire) - and four nations - the Irish, the Welsh, the Scottish and the English - from prehistory to the present." "The book has a unique approach that presents not only the story of what happened in the British Isles, but also its interdependence with Europe and the rest of the world. The historical narrative is accompanied by numerous illustrations and information boxes, and also an extensive selection of documents with questions to challenge readers. With chapters organised chronologically, and including a glossary and selected further reading, this is a must for all students of British studies."--Jacket

Main Author/Authors O'Driscoll, James
Britain for learners of English: understand the country and its people

Main Author/Authors McDowall, David
Britain in close-up: [an in-depth study of contemporary Britain ; now with website addresses]

Main Author/Authors Leese, Peter
Britain since 1945: aspects of identity

Main Author/Authors Oakland, John
British civilization: an introduction

The British context -- The country -- The people -- Religion -- Politics and government -- International relations -- The legal system -- The economy -- Social services -- Education -- The media -- Leisure, sports and the arts

Main Author/Authors Oakland, John
British civilization: an introduction

British cultural identities

British cultural identities

"British Cultural Identities assesses the degree to which being British impinges on the identity of the many people who live in Britain, analysing contemporary British identity through the various and changing ways in which people who live in the UK position themselves and are positioned by their culture today. This new edition is fully updated to include discussion of key events and societal shifts such as the 2015 British general election, the growing emphasis on devolution, the 2012 Olympic Games, the new generation of royals, UKIP and the Euro crisis, the response to fundamentalism and the proliferation of social networking. Using examples from contemporary and popular culture, chapters cover a range of intersecting themes including: place and environment, education, work and leisure, gender, sex and the family, youth culture and style, class and politics, ethnicity and language, religion, heritage. Accessible in style, illustrated with photographs, tables and timelines and containing discussion questions, cultural examples and suggestions for further resources at the end of each chapter, British Cultural Identities is the perfect introductory text for students of contemporary British society"--Provided by publisher
Introduction: The ghost of Britain past / Mike Storry and Peter Childs -- Places and peoples : region and nation / Peter Childs -- Education, work and leisure / Mike Storry -- Gender, sex, and the family / Roberta Garrett -- Youth culture and style / Jo Croft -- Class and politics / Frank McDonough -- Ethnicity and language / Gerry Smyth -- Religion / Edmund Cusick and Mike Storry -- Heritage / Edmund Cusick and Mike Storry -- Conclusion: Britain towards the future / Peter Childs -- Glossary

Main Author/Authors Turner, Graeme
British cultural studies: an introduction

British cultural studies: geography, nationality, and identity

Main Author/Authors Turner, Graeme
British cultural studies: an introduction

Main Author/Authors Kearney, Hugh F.
The British Isles: a history of four nations

Hugh Kearney's classic account of the history of the British Isles from pre-Roman times to the present is distinguished by its treatment of English history as part of a wider 'history of four nations'. Not only focusing on England, it attempts to deal with the histories of Wales, Ireland and Scotland in their own terms, whilst recognising that they too have political, religious and cultural divides. This new edition endeavours to recognise and examine contemporary multi-ethnic Britain and its implications for 'four-nations' history, making it an invaluable case study for European nationhood of the past and present. Thoroughly updated throughout to take into account recent social, political and cultural changes within Britain and examine the rise of multi-ethnic Britain, this revised edition also contains a completely new set of illustrations, including sixteen maps.
1. The Celtic societies of the British Isles -- 2. The impact of Rome on the British Isles -- 3. The post-Roman centuries -- 4. The Vikings and the fall of the Old Order -- 5. The Norman and post-Norman ascendancy -- 6. The decline of the post-Norman empire -- 7. The making of an English empire -- 8. The remaking of an empire -- 9. The Britannic melting pot -- 10. The rise of ethnic politics -- 11. Between the wars -- 12. Withdrawal from empire -- 13. Post-imperial Britain: post-nationalist Ireland

The British Isles: a history of four nations : Hugh Kearney

Main Author/Authors Wright, Anthony
British politics: a very short introduction

Britishness: perspectives on the Britishness question

Main Author/Authors Ward, Paul
Britishness since 1870

Main Author/Authors Ward, Paul
Britishness since 1870