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BRITISH CULTURES
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Current Issue (Vol. 18, 2/2011)
 

Birth and Death
(guest editors: Anette Pankratz and Claus-Ulrich Viol)


With contributions on bastards and zombies, public deaths and births, euthanasia and graveyard jokes
   

 

Contents:

  • Stratmann Gerd, 'Nobody's Child, Everybody's Child. Discourses of Illegitimacy in Eighteenth-Century England' (109)
  • Funk Wolfgang, 'A Time to Die. Debates on Euthanasia in British Culture' (121)
  • Krause Michael, 'The Public Death of James Bulger. Images as Evidence in a Popular Tale of Good and Evil' (133)
  • Tegethoff Dorothea, 'Pregnancy and Childbirth on TV in Germany and Britain' (149)
  • Lenz Christian, 'Excuse Me, Has This Life been Taken? Zombies, Hoodies and Permissible Killing in Contemporary British Horror Cinema' (163)
  • Versteegen, Heinrich, 'Dying with Laughter. The Inherent Joke Structure of Death and Bereavement' (175)

Books Reviewed:
 
  • Michael Pierse (2011), Writing Ireland's Working Class: Dublin After O' Casey.
  • Lawrence Driscoll (2009), Evading Class in Contemporary British Literature.
  • Holger Rossow (2011), Globalismus und New Labour: Zur diskusiven Konstruktion von Globalisierungsprozessen im Großbritannien der Blair-Ära.
  • Rainer Emig & Antony Rowland, eds. (2010), Performing Masculinity.
  • Richard Sharpley & Philip R. Stone, ed. (2009), The Draker Side of Travel. The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism.
  • Claire Monk (2011), Heritage Film Audiences: Period Films and Contemporary Audiences in the Uk.


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