1st Edition

Culture and Consensus (Routledge Revivals) England, Art and Politics since 1940

By Robert Hewison Copyright 2015
    388 Pages
    by Routledge

    402 Pages
    by Routledge

    Culture and Consensus, first published in 1995 and a revised edition in 1997, explores the history of the relationship between politics and the arts in Britain since 1940, and shows how the search for a secure sense of English identity has been reflected in official and unofficial attitudes to the arts, architecture, landscape and other emblems of national significance.

    Illustrating his argument with a series of detailed case histories, Robert Hewison analyses how Britain’s cultural life has reached its present enfeebled condition and suggests a way forward. This book will be of interest to students of art and cultural studies.

    List of Illustrations;  Acknowledgements;  Introduction;  1. Dis-United Kingdom: Britain in the 1990s  2. Deep England: Britain in the 1940s  3. New Britain: Britain in the early 1950s  4. The Uses of Culture: Britain in the later 1950s  5. A Swinging Meritocracy: Britain in the 1960s  6. The Uses of Sub-Culture: Britain in the 1970s  7. The Enterprise Culture: Britain in the 1980s  8. Value for Money: The arts under Thatcherism  9. The Public Culture: Britain in the future;  Source Notes;  Index

    Biography

    Robert Hewison