Download or read book National Identity, Popular Culture and Everyday Life written by Tim Edensor and published by Berg Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Millennium Dome, Braveheart and Rolls Royce cars. How do cultural icons reproduce and transform a sense of national identity? How does national identity vary across time and space, how is it contested, and what has been the impact of globalizatio n upon national identity and culture? This book examines how national identity is represented, performed, spatialized and materialized through popular culture and in everyday life. National identity is revealed to be inherent in the things we of ten take for granted - from landscapes and eating habits, to tourism, cinema and music. Our specific.