Author : Joanne Pettitt
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781789979817
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (798 download)
Book Synopsis Covid-19, the Second World War, and the Idea of Britishness by : Joanne Pettitt
Download or read book Covid-19, the Second World War, and the Idea of Britishness written by Joanne Pettitt and published by Peter Lang Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Great Britain, discussions of the Coronavirus pandemic have frequently been intertwined with references to the Second World War. Such allusions are to be found in political speeches, journalistic accounts and opinion pieces; they are also replete in the cultural sphere. Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, this comprehensive volume seeks to evaluate the uses (and abuses) of this rhetoric. The result is a multifaceted meditation on Britain's response to the pandemic. If memories of the war constitute part of the so-called foundation myth of Britain, Covid-19 may well have pushed us into a new age of myth making and remembrance. The concurrent occurrence of Brexit and the Black Lives Matter movement adds complexities that also need to be addressed. How we will remember this time remains to be seen, but the essays collected here mark a first step in the process of working through this unprecedented period of British history-in-the-making"--