ISBN:
9781847793010
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (265 p.))
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Studies in Popular Culture Ser
Series Statement:
Studies in Popular Culture
Series Statement:
EBL-Schweitzer
Parallel Title:
Print version The BBC and national identity in Britain, 1922-53
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Hajkowski, Thomas The BBC and national identity in Britain, 1922-53
DDC:
302.234409410904
Keywords:
British Broadcasting Corporation -- History
;
Mass media and nationalism -- Great Britain
;
Nationalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
;
Radio broadcasting -- Great Britain -- History
;
British Broadcasting Corporation ; History
;
Mass media and nationalism ; Great Britain
;
Nationalism ; Great Britain ; History ; 20th century
;
Radio broadcasting ; Great Britain ; History
;
Electronic books
;
British Broadcasting Corporation
;
History
;
Mass media and nationalism
;
Great Britain
;
Radio broadcasting
;
Great Britain
;
History
;
Nationalism
;
Great Britain
;
History
;
20th century
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
British Broadcasting Corporation
;
Großbritannien
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Geschichte 1922-1953
Abstract:
9780719079443; 9780719079443; Copyright; Contents; General editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 "Jolly proud you are a Britisher:"empire and identity, 1923-39; 2 From the war to Westminster Abbey: the BBC and the empire,1939-53; 3 The BBC and the making of a multi-national monarchy; 4 Rethinking regionalbroadcasting in Britain, 1922-53; 5 Broadcasting a nation: the BBC and national identity in Scotland; 6 BBC broadcasting in Wales, 1922-53; 7 This Is Northern Ireland: regional broadcasting and identity in "Ulster"; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index
Abstract:
Examining the ways in which the BBC constructed and disseminated British national identity during the second quarter of the twentieth century, this book is the first study that focuses in a comprehensive way on how the BBC, through its radio programs, tried to represent what it meant to be British. The BBC and national identity in Britain offers a revision of histories of regional broadcasting in Britain that interpret it as a form of cultural imperialism. The regional organization of the BBC, and the news and creative programming designed specifically for regional listeners, reinforced the cu
Description / Table of Contents:
9780719079443; 9780719079443; Copyright; Contents; General editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 "Jolly proud you are a Britisher:"empire and identity, 1923-39; 2 From the war to Westminster Abbey: the BBC and the empire,1939-53; 3 The BBC and the making of a multi-national monarchy; 4 Rethinking regionalbroadcasting in Britain, 1922-53; 5 Broadcasting a nation: the BBC and national identity in Scotland; 6 BBC broadcasting in Wales, 1922-53; 7 This Is Northern Ireland: regional broadcasting and identity in "Ulster"; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index;
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