TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hajkowski,Thomas
TI  - The BBC and national identity in Britain, 1922-53
T2  - Studies in Popular Culture
SN  - 9781847793010
AV  - HE8689 .B333 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - British Broadcasting Corporation
KW  - History
KW  - Mass media and nationalism
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Radio broadcasting
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Copyright; Contents; General editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 "Jolly proud you are a Britisher:"empire and identity, 1923-39; 2 From the war to Westminster Abbey: the BBC and the empire,1939-53; 3 The BBC and the making of a multi-national monarchy; 4 Rethinking regionalbroadcasting in Britain, 1922-53; 5 Broadcasting a nation: the BBC and national identity in Scotland ; 6 BBC broadcasting in Wales, 1922-53; 7 This Is Northern Ireland: regional broadcasting and identity in "Ulster"; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index; 2; b
N2  - Examining the ways in which the BBC constructed and disseminated British national identity during the second quarter of the twentieth century, this book is the first study that focuses in a comprehensive way on how the BBC, through its radio programs, tried to represent what it meant to be British. The BBC and national identity in Britain offers a revision of histories of regional broadcasting in Britain that interpret it as a form of cultural imperialism. The regional organization of the BBC, and the news and creative programming designed specifically for regional listeners, reinforced the cu
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