Synopsis
British Cultural Identities analyses contemporary British identity from the various and changing ways in which people who live in the UK position themselves and are positioned by their culture today. Each chapter covers one of the seven intersecting themes:
* place and environment
* education, work and leisure
* gender, sex and the family
* youth culture and style
* class and politics
* ethnicity and language
* religion and heritage
Booknews
Analyzes contemporary British cultural identity through chapters on place and environment; education; work and leisure; gender, sex and the family; youth culture and age; class and politics; ethnicity and language; religion and heritage. Non-British students of English language and culture will find the information<-->along with timelines of important dates, recent British cultural examples (books, films, television programs), and exercises<-->particularly useful. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.