Brit-Myth: Who Do the British Think They Are?

by Chris Rojek

Book Overview

The world sees Britain through the antics of Monty Python's Flying Circus, the stiff-lipped, painfully class-conscious societies depicted in Gosford Parkand Remains of the Day, and the scathing diatribes of American Idol's Simon Cowell. The images being projected from the island nation of England are so disparate these days that it's hard to know what to think of the British. Chris Rojek explores this dilemma,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861893361
• ISBN13: 9781861893369
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.3"