Bültmann & Gerriets
Crowds, Community and Contagion in Contemporary Britain
von Sarah Lowndes
Verlag: Routledge
Reihe: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
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ISBN: 978-1-032-04065-3
Erschienen am 30.09.2022
Sprache: Englisch
Format: 240 mm [H] x 161 mm [B] x 19 mm [T]
Gewicht: 580 Gramm
Umfang: 274 Seiten

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Sarah Lowndes is a writer, lecturer and curator. Research Fellow at Norwich University of the Arts, UK, her previous Routledge books include The DIY Movement in Art, Music and Publishing (2016) and Contemporary Artists Working Outside the City (2018).



List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction; Introduction; 1. From the Welfare State to Virtual Congregations: British Crowds 1945-2019; Part II: The Case Studies; 2. Chinese New Year, 25-26 January 2020, London, England; 3. UEFA Champion's League Final, 11 March 2020, Liverpool, England; 4. VE Day, 8 May 2020, Various Locations, England; 5. Black Lives Matter Demonstrations, 7 June 2020, Various Locations Nationwide; 6. Eid ul-Adha, 31 July 2020, Leicester, England; 7. The New Normal: Cancelled Fireworks, Small Weddings and Socially Distanced Funerals; 8. Pandemic Demonstrations 2021: Taking the Knee, Sarah Everard, COP26, Kill the Bill and Anti-Vaxxers; Conclusion; Index



Crowds, Community and Contagion in Contemporary Britain presents the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to re-assess the neoliberal politics, xenophobia and racism that have undermined community cohesion in the United Kingdom since 1979, and which have continued largely unchecked through the last four decades.
Guided by three interconnected ideas used throughout to scrutinise the meaning of culture as a way of life - Welsh cultural theorist Raymond Williams' structure of feeling, Jamaican-British sociologist Stuart Hall's conception of the conjuncture and Belgian political philosopher Chantal Mouffe's agonistic pluralism - Sarah Lowndes finds that a renewed sense of mutual regard and collective responsibility are necessary to meet the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. She begins by reflecting on public gatherings in Britain from 1945 to 2019, moving on to analyse five key examples of public gatherings affected by the pandemic in 2020 onwards: Chinese New Year, the UEFA Champions League Final, VE Day street parties, Black Lives Matter demonstrations, and the cancellation of Eid ul-Adha celebrations.
A thorough examination of how ideas proliferate and spread through our society, public sphere and collective consciousness, this book will appeal to scholars and upper-level students of cultural studies, cultural history, sociology and politics.


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