The anthropology of Britain is hotly debated. What does it mean to live in Britain and to be 'British', and is an anthropology of Britain even a legitimate undertaking? British Subjects presents a forthright voice in this debate.

Nigel Rapport Professor of Anthropological and Philosophical Studies,University of St. Andrews

Part I: Introduction- 'Best of British!': An Introduction to the Anthropology of Britain, Part II: Nationalism, Contestation and the Performance of Tradition Part III: Strategies of Modernity: Heritage, Leisure, Dissociation Part IV: The Appropriation of Discourse Part V: Methodologies and Ethnomethodologies Part VI: The Making (and Unmaking) of Community: Ethnicity, Religiosity, Locality Part VII: Epilogue