Brexit and Beyond: Nation and Identity

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-8233-8414-4
Verlag: Narr

Buch, Englisch, 309 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 480 g

Reihe: Swiss papers in English language and literature

This volume explores the cultural significance of Brexit, situating it in debates about nation and identity. Contributors to this collection seek to contextualize Britain's decision to leave the EU and to assess its reverberations in language, literature, and culture. Addressing such aspects as British exceptionalism, myth-making, medievalism, and nostalgia, contributions range from travelogues, Ladybird books, and rural cinema-going to ageing. An important focus lies on marginalized groups and geographical fringes, as contributors attend to the Irish situation and the scarcity of EU migrants in Brexit literature (BrexLit). Finally, two essays widen the perspective to assess American parallels to the discourses about a Brexit that is still far from "done."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keller, Daniela

Habermann, Ina

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Daniela Keller is Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow at Basel University.

Prof. Dr. Ina Habermann is Professor of English Literature since the Renaissance at Basel University.