Popular Culture and Its Relationship to Conflict in the UK and Australia Since the Great War

ISBN-13: 9781032393421 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 130 str.

Varnava, Andrekos

Opis

This volume interrogates the contentious philosophical notion that culture thrives in times of war, and expires in peace. This is a fascinating read for students, researchers, and academics interested in British and Australian History and its relationship with Popular Culture. 

Spis treści

Introduction: The politics of popular cultural production and performance in Britain since the Great War  1. The Queen’s Dolls’ House within the British Empire Exhibition: encapsulating the British imperial world  2. The militarisation of aerial theatre: air displays and airmindedness in Britain and Australia between the world wars  3. Staging international communism: British-Australian radical theatre connections  4. 'Rivalling the Metropolis': cultural conflict between London and the regions c.1967–1973  5. Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens) and his anti-war and pro-peace protest songs: from hippy peace to Islamic peace  6. Eric Bogle’s No Man’s Land and the grave of Willie McBride at the Somme