Regional Aesthetics - Mapping UK Media Cultures

This book is about forms of media that have reflected or increased consciousness of - a sense of place or a regional identity. From landscape painting in the Romantic era to newspaper coverage of devolution, the chapters explore, through contextualized case studies, the aesthetics of a wide range of local, regional and grassroots forms of media.

Peter Atkinson, University of Central Lancashire, UK Kris Erickson, University of Glasgow, UK David Forrest, University of Sheffield, UK Ken Griffin, Freelance Media Researcher Mary Irwin, Northumbria University, UK Gloria Khamkar, Bournemouth University, UK Heather Norris Nicholson, University of Huddersfield, UK Daryl Perrins, University of South Wales, UK Mandy Powell, Queen Margaret University, UK Simon Gwyn Roberts, University of Chester, UK Julie E. Robinson, University of Warwick Library, UK Dafydd Sills-Jones, Aberystwyth University, UK Sue Vice, University of Sheffield, UK