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Imperial Nostalgia: How the British Conquered Themselves

by Peter Mitchell

Empire’s memory in contemporary Britain

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Empire’s memory in contemporary Britain

Peter Mitchell examines how Britain’s imperial past is remembered and contested in present-day public life. The book connects myths about empire with debates over race, class, gender, culture and the UK’s place in the world, drawing on varied subjects that include inter-war adventure fiction, Kipling, facial hair, the Alt-right and the Red Wall. Its central inquiry is how inherited stories about empire shape contemporary political and cultural arguments—and how the country’s relationship with its past might be reconsidered.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Britain’s imperial history and its contemporary legacy.
  • Readers exploring the intersections of memory, politics, race and national identity.
  • Readers seeking a broad-ranging discussion drawing on literature and current cultural debates.

Themes

Imperial memory and national historyBritish politics and cultural debateRace, class, gender and identityMyths about empire

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Book overview

A strong emotional attachment to the memory of empire runs deep in British culture. In recent years, that memory has become a battleground in a long-drawn ideological war, inflecting debates on race, class, gender, culture, the UK's future and its place in the world. This provocative and passionate book surveys the scene of the imperial memory wars in contemporary Britain, exploring how the myths that structure our views of empire came to be, and how they inform the present. Taking in such diverse subjects as Rory Stewart and inter-war adventure fiction, man's facial hair and Kipling, the Alt-right and the Red Wall, Imperial Nostalgia asks how our relationship with our national past has gone wrong, and how it might be improved.
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