The decline of the mining industry and the debate about Britishness of the 1990s and early 2000s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12586007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Almuth Ebke (University of Mannheim, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 121-141 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary British History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1361-9462 • E-ISSN: 1743-7997 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13619462.2017.1408542 |
| OpenAlex | W2779132059 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article examines in what sense the decline of the coal industry contributed to the emergence of a debate about the genesis, shape und future of ‘Britishness’ in the 1990s and early 2000s. Taking a discourse-analytical approach, it argues that the decline of the coal industry contributed to bringing about the debate in two ways: firstly, by feeding into popular narratives of national decline and renewal, it helped to provide the debate’s intellectual background. Secondly, the political cleavages of the 1980s and 1990s between Old Labour, Thatcherism and New Labour elevated the coal industry to a contested symbol for a way of life and a political orientation. These differing interpretations, in return, were associated with a particularly British social reality, a self-conception of the British nation that was embedded in the London-centric political and cultural discourse. Changes to this self-narration required an explanation, which various contributions to the discussion of ‘Britishness’ in politics and popular culture sought to provide in the 1990s and early 2000s
Aesthetics · Britishness · Literature · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Thatcherism · Australian History and Society · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |