Key Themes White Girl, About A Girl, This is England
1. Rite of passage/ Coming of age
2. Rebellion
3. Identity formation
4. Forgotten youth/ Directionless youth
5. Subcultures/ tribes bring meaning and identity
6. National identity and landscape
7. The meaning of Britishness/ British values
8. The family unit
9. Disenfranchisement/ alienation
1. (Collapse of) Grand narratives of nationalism, religion, ethnicity _________________________________________________________________ Issues relating to the rise in postmodernist identity/ies. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Rise in new personal technology Decline in ‘job for life’ Rise in niche media Rise in subcultures Rise in consumer capitalism Rise in divorce/ absent fathers/ complex family structures Globalisation Greater movement of population Decline in traditional religion/ rise in niche beliefs Rise in brands Rise in dominance of pop culture Collapse of traditional industry