Imperial Gothic 2.0: Brexit, Brex-Lit, and everyday Euroscepticism in British popular culture

Foster, Russell

doi:10.1080/14782804.2022.2134987

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

2022

DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2022.2134987

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Imperial Gothic 2.0: Brexit, Brex-Lit, and everyday Euroscepticism in British popular culture

Russell Foster

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Children’s Literature and National Consciousness: Bruno Vincent’s Five on Brexit Island (2016) and Five Escape Brexit Island (2017), Text by Enid Blyton

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Honeyman

2023

Liverpool Law Rev

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Children’s literature focusses on the process of identity formation of its young readers and for this reason it has always been connected with models of social behaviour. By imaginatively engaging with the proposed narratives, the child experiences society’s and the nation’s embodied practices. However, there are also instances of resistance to accepted worldviews through unconventional characters who foster a critical perspective on the issues at the centre of the narrative. The re-reading of Enid Blyton’s successful Famous Five series of the 1950s by Bruno Vincent focuses on Brexit’s narrative space to reflect upon the changes we are witnessing in our contemporary society and try to understand their sociocultural, economic, and political implications. Brexit is based on nostalgic images of Englishness, linked to an idealisation of the past as a Golden Age for Great Britain. Within this context, children’s Brexlit offers an interesting source for jurisprudential debate, creating a juridical forum for both adult and children’s audiences.

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Children’s Literature and National Consciousness: Bruno Vincent’s Five on Brexit Island (2016) and Five Escape Brexit Island (2017), Text by Enid Blyton

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Honeyman

2023

Liverpool Law Rev

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Introduction: the Europeanisation of identities through everyday practices

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Niemann,

Weber

2024

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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Imperial Gothic 2.0: Brexit, Brex-Lit, and everyday Euroscepticism in British popular culture

Cited by 2 publications

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Children’s Literature and National Consciousness: Bruno Vincent’s Five on Brexit Island (2016) and Five Escape Brexit Island (2017), Text by Enid Blyton

Children’s Literature and National Consciousness: Bruno Vincent’s Five on Brexit Island (2016) and Five Escape Brexit Island (2017), Text by Enid Blyton

Introduction: the Europeanisation of identities through everyday practices

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