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Critical analysis from Patrick Wright, composer Harrison Birtwhistle, theatre critic Michael Billington and Iain Sinclair.
Shows how Western Europe has represented ‘the other’ from medieval times to the present day, with particular reference to people from other cultures. Looks at different examples from different times and...
Industrial films, old commercials, documentaries, educational films, and army training films are used humourously to portray the American dream of the 1940s and 1950s. Shows the mass culture of a period that...
Examines how England and Englishness were portrayed in the 1930s in poetry, advertisements, photographs and film. W H Auden, for example, drew attention to the discrepancy between the way ordinary English...
Looks at national identity and its importance in giving people a sense of who they are and where they belong. Explores the history of identity and suggests that national identity has a history which might...
Since 1945, Japan has risen like a pheonix to become the industrial leader of the world. The film looks at the national psyche of the Japanese, examining their everyday life and their philosophy of valuing...
The Hamar people are an isolated people living in the dry scrubland of south-western Ethiopia. These programmes concentrate on the proud and outspoken Hamar women. 1 (1990): A young widow, an unmarried girl...
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