Wish You Weren’t Here: Reading Race Through Edwardian Postcards
- Synopsis
- A slide-based taching pack looking at recent debates about race and representation through a detailed study of images of Jewish, black and Irish people in late Victorian and Edwardinan postcards. The study presents an insight into the workings of popular culture in Britain at this time and provides source material for considering the role of humour in both racist and anti-racist discourse.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; 36 slides. col.
- Year of production
- 1998
- Availability
- Sale; 1998 sale: £20.00 (inclusive)
- Documentation
- Accompanying teaching notes and suggestions for project work.
- Uses
- A-level history, sociology and media studies.
- Subjects
- Sociology
- Keywords
- popular culture; race relations
Credits
- Writer
- Linda Rozmovits; Phil Cohen
Distributor
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