1st Edition

Ethics and Nationalist Populism at the British Seaside Negotiating Character

By Ana Carolina Balthazar Copyright 2021
174 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Drawing on ethnographic research at the British seaside, this book offers an original and insightful anthropological contribution to the study of contemporary Britain and nationalism. The volume focuses on people who have retired from different parts of the UK to the seaside town of Margate and nearby areas, exploring their ethical negotiations and relationship with things that ‘have history’. It... Read more

Introduction; 1. The Logic of Character: ‘To Put the Past Back’; 2. Connections of Character: The British Seaside; 3. Disconnections of Character: a Town undergoing Regeneration; 4. Intersections of Character: the Brexit Vote; Final considerations: The Ethics of an Anthropology of Nationalist Populism

Biography

Ana Carolina Balthazar is a postdoctoral researcher at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.