Thinking Northern: Textures of Identity in the North of EnglandChristoph Ehland Thinking Northern offers new approaches to the processes of identity formation which are taking place in the diverse fields of cultural, economic and social activity in contemporary Britain. The essays collected in this volume discuss the changing physiognomy of Northern England and provide a mosaic of recent thought and new critical thinking about the textures of regional identity in Britain. Looking at the historical origin of Northern identities and at current attitudes to them, the book explores the way received mental images about the North are re-deployed and re-contained in the ever-changing socio-cultural set-up of society in Northern England. The contributors address representation of Northernness in such diverse fields as the music scene, multicultural spaces, the heritage industries, new architecture, the arts, literature and film. |
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Christoph Schubert | 73 |
Stephan Kohl | 93 |
Jan Hewitt | 117 |
Annisa Suliman | 139 |
Amir Saeed | 163 |
Marc Crinson | 193 |
Richard Stinshoff | 257 |
Konrad Schliephake and Keith Sutton | 279 |
Merle Tönnies | 305 |
Ralph Pordzik | 325 |
Susanne Schmid | 347 |
Christoph Ehland | 363 |
Christoph Singer | 407 |
Tables | 416 |
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