Cultures of Post-War British Fascism (Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right)

In Post-war Britain Cultural Interventions Were A Feature Of Fascist Parties And Movements, Just As They Were In Europe. This Book Makes A New Major Contribution To Existing Scholarship Which Begins To Discuss British Fascism As A Cultural Phenomenon. A Collection Of Essays From Leading Academics, This Book Uncovers How A Cultural Struggle Lay At The Heart Of The Hegemonic Projects Of All Varieties Of British Fascism. Such A Cultural Struggle Is Enacted And Reflected In The Text And Talk, Music And Literature Of British Fascism. Where Other Published Works Have Examined The Cultural Visions Of British Fascism During The Inter-war Period, This Book Is The First To Dedicate Itself To Detailed Critical Analysis Of The Post-war Cultural Landscapes Of British Fascism. Through Discussions Of Cultural Phenomena Such As Folk Music, Fashion And Neo-nazi Fiction, Among Others, Cultures Of Post-war British Fascism Builds A Picture Of Post-war Britain Which Emphasises The Importance Of Understanding These Politics With Reference To Their Corresponding Cultural Output. This Book Is Essential Reading For Undergraduates And Postgraduates Studying Far Right Politics And British History. -- In Post-war Britain Cultural Interventions Were A Feature Of Fascist Parties And Movements, Just As They Were In Europe. This Book Makes A New Major Contribution To Existing Scholarship Which Begins To Discuss British Fascism As A Cultural Phenomenon. A Collection Of Essays From Leading Academics, This Book Uncovers How A Cultural Struggle Lay At The Heart Of The Hegemonic Projects Of All Varieties Of British Fascism. Such A Cultural Struggle Is Enacted And Reflected In The Text And Talk, Music And Literature Of British Fascism-- Cultural Regeneration : Mosley And The Union Movement / Janet Dack -- History And Cultural Heritage : The Far Right And The Battle For Britain / Steven Woodbridge -- Cultures Of Space : Spatialising The National Front / Thomas Linehan -- Securing The Future Of Our Race : Women In The Culture Of The Modern-day Bnp / Martin Durham -- British Neo-nazi Fiction : Colin Jordan's Merrie England, 2000 And The Uprising / Paul Jackson -- When Popular Culture Met The Far Right : Cultural Encounters With Post-war British Fascism / Nigel Copsey -- Subcultural Style : Fashion And Britain's Extreme Right / Emily Turner-graham -- British, European And White : Cultural Constructions Of Identity In Post-war British Fascist Music / Ryan Shaffer -- Nazi Punks Folk Off : Leisure, Nationalism, Cultural Identity And The Consumption Of Metal And Folk Music / Karl Spracklin -- The Cultic Milieu Of Britain's New Right : Meta-political Fascism In Contemporary Britain / Graham Macklin -- Cultural-marxism And The British National Party : A Transnational Discourse / John E. Richardson. Edited By Nigel Copsey And John E. Richardson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures List of contributors Introduction 1. Cultural regeneration: Mosley and the Union Movement Introduction Re-ordering the nation Manhood Youth Women Anti-urbanism Arts and culture Conclusion References 2. History and cultural heritage: the far right and the ‘Battle for Britain’ Introduction The 'right’ kind of history Defying history: the role of anti-determinist ideas The rebirth of the West? History as design: the role of ‘conspiracy’ History as biology: the role of 'race' History as ‘culture’: constructing an alternative past History as heroism: restoring the ‘heroic’ past Conclusion: the continuing relevance of ‘history’ for the extreme right Notes References 3. Cultures of space: spatialising the National Front Introduction Defining space Spatialising social and political movements Spatialising the National Front National Front processions The National Front’s Remembrance Day procession Spatialising the racial politics of the National Front Conclusion: spatial constraints Notes References 4. Securing the future of our race: women in the culture of the modern-day BNP Introduction Locating the place of women Women, the BNP and Islam Mainstreaming the ‘family-friendly’ BNP Notes References 5. British neo-Nazi fiction: Colin Jordan’s Merrie England – 2000 and The Uprising Introduction A brief history of Colin Jordan Neo-Nazi cultural production: licensing hatred and promoting purification Conclusion Notes References 6. When popular culture met the far right: cultural encounters with post-war British fascism Introduction 'Not the sort of book you want to buy your old granny’ British fascism on the stage Representations on little and big screens Notes References 7. Subcultural style: fashion and Britain’s extreme right Introduction Continental comparisons: Germany This is England Generation Identity, the Immortals and a conclusion Notes References 8. British, European and white: cultural constructions of identity in post-war British fascist music Introduction The National Front and and ‘White Noise’ Blood and Honour: beyond the nation Great White, Great Britain Conclusion Notes References 9. Nazi punks folk off: leisure, nationalism, cultural identity and the consumption of metal and folk music Introduction Theories of leisure and whiteness Methods Black metal – previous and new research English folk music – new research on fRoots magazine Conclusion Note References 10. The ‘cultic milieu’ of Britain’s ‘New Right’: meta-political ‘fascism’ in contemporary Britain Introduction Developing the ‘New Right’ Ideological forms The place of Holocaust denial and ‘anti-Zionism’ Conclusion: ‘New Right’ and Nouvelle Droite Notes References 11. 'Cultural Marxism’ and the British National Party: a transnational discourse Introduction US origins Anders Behring Breivik The British National Party’s cultural project The British National Party and ‘Cultural Marxism’ Conclusion Notes References Index