Ethics and Nationalist Populism at the British Seaside: Negotiating Character
In: Materializing Culture Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: An ethnographic approach to nationalist populism -- Character and the ethics of nationalist populism: theoretical engagements -- Ethics in anthropological debates -- Class in Britain -- Is ethnography a methodology? -- Situating the research -- The national landscape of de-industrialization and leisure -- Administrative divisions and local history -- Deprivation and retirement at the seaside -- Outline of the book -- Note -- Chapter 1 The logic of character: 'To put the past back' -- Encountering character -- Character and childhood memories -- The Proust effect -- Involuntary memory and the past -- The ethics of memory -- Relating through character -- The different experiences of character -- The temporality of character -- Maintaining or ruining character -- Character, power and class -- Character and aesthetics -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Connections of character: The British seaside -- Character and the 'Made in Britain' -- Personal memories and the national -- 'Made in Britain' and class -- Period houses -- Clare and Peter's hallway -- Lynva's kitchen -- Julie's living room -- Nationalism at home -- Houses and social hierarchies -- The nation in practice -- Class and home ownership -- Nationalism outside the home -- Remembrance Day -- The local History Society -- A British town -- Nationalism and class -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Disconnections of character: A town undergoing regeneration -- Local regeneration and the creative industries -- The politics of depriving a town -- A new art gallery in town -- 'It's like a bus shelter' -- A discomfort with conceptual art -- Reopening the local amusement park -- Retirement, consumption and memory talk -- Gentrification and the arts at the seaside.