Topinka, Robert and Innes, A. (2017) The global politics of a ‘Poncy Pillowcase’: Coronation Street at the border. Politics 37 (3), pp. 273-287. ISSN 0263-3957.
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Abstract
This article examines the ways in which popular culture stages and supplies resources for agency in everyday life, with particular attention to migration and borders. Drawing upon cultural studies, and specific insights originating from the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, we explore how intersectional identities such as race, ethnicity, class, and gender are experienced in relation to the globalisation of culture and identity in a 2007 Coronation Street storyline. The soap opera genre offers particular insights into how agency emerges in everyday life as migrants and locals navigate the forces of globalisation. We argue that a focus on popular culture can mitigate the problem of isolating migrant experiences from local experiences in migrant-receiving areas.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication |
| Depositing User: | Robert Topinka |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2017 09:24 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jul 2025 16:28 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/19908 |
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