Essay from the year 2007 in the subject History - Miscellaneous, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Centre for British Studies), course: British History, language: English, abstract: In this paper I would like to demonstrate the historical antecedents of the cultural change Britain went through in the nineteenth century as it finds its expression in the construction of a new type of urban institution: the music hall. I will scrutinize the drives that brought in its emergence as a mass entertainment industry by presenting the economic and social factors that prepared the necessary background. By...

Master's Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Literature - Modern Literature, grade: 2.1, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Centre for British Studies), language: English, abstract: This study aims to achieve a close examination of colonial discourse, its function in identity construction, and the implications of this process for multicultural politics in The Satanic Verses.