Название: British Culture: An Introduction
Автор: Christopher D.
Издательство: Routledge
Жанр: Культурология
Год издания: 2002
Страниц: 240
ISBN: 978-0415142182
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF, DJVU
Размер: 34 Мб

"Британская культура: Введение" Дэвида Кристофера (издание на английском языке).

British Culture: An Introduction provides a comprehensive introduction to central aspects of culture and the arts in Britain today, and uses a factual approach to place them within a clear, historical context.

Topics include:

* the social and cultural setting: politics and society 1950-1999, including immigration, feminism, Thatcherism and the arts and the Blair revolution
* language and culture: accents and minority languages, broadcasting and public life
* the novel, poetry and theatre
* cinema: Hammer Horror, James Bond, Ealing comedies, black British film, Trainspotting, The Full Monty and historical epics
* television and radio: soap opera, crime series and sitcoms
* popular music and fashion: The Beatles, punk, Britpop, subculture and style
* art and sculpture: Bacon, Hockney, Gilbert and George and Hirst
* architecture and interiors.