CLASSWORK: WHAT IS 'BRITISHNESS'?

In class, we have been studying 'Media and Collective Identity' and as one of the homeworks set, we were asked what films are British Classics, and through that what we do learn of different interpretations of 'Britishness'.

CLASSICS

According to The Daily Mail, arguably the most Labour supportive newspaper.

-The Man in the White Suit
-Passport to Pimlico
-The Lavender Hill Mob
-The Lady Killers
-The Titfield Thunderbolt
-Billy Liar
-Far from the Madding Crowd
-The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery
-The Colditz Story
-The Cruel Sea
-School for Scoundrels

NEWSPAPERS:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/jun/10/immigration.terrorism

'Britishness means completly different things to different people, depending on their age and background' - The Observer / The Guardian

POLITICIANS AND MONARCHS:

http://www.webritish.co.uk/ - 'Blood Alone does not define national identity and that modern Britain was shaped by a ''Rich mix of all the different ethnics and religious origins" ' -Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister.

"Our richly multi-cultural and multi-faith society" - Queen Elizabeth II, Residing monarch of Britain.

THE PUBLIC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6723325.stm - 'There is no single definition, and every person has a different idea to what it means' - Shayk Hamza Yusuf Hanson.