ISBN:
9780367628512
,
9780367628574
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 161 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Materializing culture
Parallel Title:
Online version
Keywords:
Kulturanthropologie
;
Klassenstruktur
;
Nationalismus
;
Brexit
;
Feldforschung
;
Margate
;
National characteristics, British / Political aspects
;
National characteristics, English / Political aspects
;
Nationalism / Great Britain
;
Populism / Great Britain
;
Retirees / Great Britain / Attitudes
;
Retirement, Places of / Great Britain
;
Collective memory / Great Britain
;
Ethnology / Great Britain
;
Collective memory
;
Ethnology
;
Nationalism
;
Populism
;
Retirees / Attitudes
;
Retirement, Places of
;
Great Britain
;
Margate
;
Brexit
;
Nationalismus
;
Klassenstruktur
;
Feldforschung
;
Kulturanthropologie
Abstract:
"Drawing on ethnographic research at the British seaside, this book offers an original and insightful anthropological contribution to the study of contemporary Britain and nationalism. The volume focuses on people who have retired from different parts of the United Kingdom to the seaside town of Margate and nearby areas, exploring their ethical concerns and relationship with things that 'have history'. It considers how residents engage daily with objects, houses, and places 'with character' and how such ordinary engagements underlie nationalist sentiments and the Brexit vote. Ana Carolina Balthazar demonstrates that those who have reached a comfortable financial position often look for ways to reconnect with their working-class upbringing and, while doing so, engage with the national past in a very tangible manner. Contributing to social scientific debates on class dynamics and individual ethics, the book provides a different perspective on nationalist populism, one which moves beyond media stereotypes and arguments made about the 'left behind' and 'longing for empire' in post-industrial Britain"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction. An ethnographic approach to nationalist populism -- The logic of character : 'to put the past back' -- Connections of character : the British seaside -- Disconnections of character : a town undergoing regeneration -- Intersections of character : the Brexit vote -- Final considerations. The ethics of an anthropology of nationalist populism
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