| Imperialism and Popular Culture Revised Edition Contributor(s): MacKenzie, John M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719018684 ISBN-13: 9780719018688 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1987 Annotation: Popular culture is invariably a vehicle for the dominant ideas of its age. Never was this more true than in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when it reflected the nationalist and imperialist ideologies current throughout Europe. When they were being entertained or educated the British basked in their imperial glory and developed a powerful notion of their own superiority. This book examines the various media through which nationalist ideas were conveyed in late Victorian and Edwardian times--in the theatre, "ethnic" shows, juvenile literature, education, and the iconography of popular art. Several chapters look beyond the first world war when the most popular media, cinema and broadcasting, continued to convey an essentially late nineteenth-century world view, while government agencies like the Empire Marketing Board sought to convince the public of the economic value of empire. Youth organizations, which had propagated imperialist and militarist attitudes before the war, struggled to adapt to the new internationalist climate. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 941.082 |
| LCCN: 85013657 |
| Series: Studies in Imperialism |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Popular culture is invariably a vehicle for the dominant ideas of its age. Never was this more true than in the late-19th and early 20th centuries, when it reflected the nationalist and imperialist ideologies current throughout Europe. This text examines the various media through which nationalist ideas were conveyed in late-Victorian and Edwardian times - in the theatre, ethnic shows, juvenile literature, education and the iconography of popular art. Several chapters look beyond World War I, when the most popular media, cinema and broadcasting, continued to convey an essentially late-19th-century world view, while government agencies like the Empire Marketing Board sought to convince the public of the economic value of empire. Youth organizations, which had propagated imperialist and militarist attitudes before the war, struggled to adapt to the new internationalist climate. |
