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The Idea of English Ethnicity
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This book will appeal to students and scholars of British history, cultural studies, nationalism, and ethnic identity, as well as readers interested in Victorian studies and the cultural construction of Englishness internationally.
In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was never really about England at all. In the nineteenth century, it was rather developed as a form of long-distance identity for the English diaspora around the world.
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In recent years, particularly since devolution in the UK, there have been many attempts to identify exactly what constitutes Englishness. In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert Young argues that the recent uncertainty about the nature of the English arises from more than just the challenges of devolution.
It is rather the long-term result of the fact that in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Englishness was never really about England, its essence or national character, at all. It was rather developed as a form of long-distance nationalism, as an ethnic identity for those who were precisely not English, but rather made up the English diaspora around the world: Americans, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans.
Englishness was constructed as a translatable quality or identity that could be taken on or appropriated anywhere - which is why the most English Englishmen have always been Americans.
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The Idea of English Ethnicity
In recent years, particularly since devolution in the UK, there have been many attempts to identify exactly what constitutes Englishness. In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert Young argues that the recent uncertainty about the nature of the English arises from more than just the challenges of devolution. It is rather the long-term result of...Paperback$7899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
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Oxford Journal praises the book as an eloquent and powerfully-argued analysis of Victorian ideas of Englishness and race, highlighting its success in linking 19th-century concepts to the development of a tolerant multiracial society. Bronte Studies finds Young’s suggestion that Englishness is a translatable quality particularly intriguing for literary analysis, while a German Humanities journal describes it as a well-written and superbly readable exploration of English ethnicity in the 19th century.
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ISBN: 9781405101295
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 December 2007
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 155.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 463g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Robert J. C. Young is Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature at New York University. His previous publications include White Mythologies (1990), Colonial Desire (1995), and Postcolonialism: An Historical Introduction (2001).
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