There Was An Old Lady, She's Dead
Reflections on Britishness, Englishness, and What We Do Well
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2409223 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Douglas (0000-0003-1481-9642, University of West London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 520-523 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/15327086231196306 |
| OpenAlex | W4386292928 |
| Language | EN |
Disturbed and distanced by the media's entrenched narrative that a funeral and pageantry is what we do well (in the United Kingdom), this performance uses the framing of the children's rhyme, I know an old lady who swallowed a fly to interrogate social identities through aspects of culture that cements a vision of Britain that is archaic, hegemonic, elitist, and upholds a class system alongside lesser well-known values that tell a different story
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Britishness · Framing (construction · Hegemony · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Rhyme · History · Irish and British Studies · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |