ThestudyofBriain-itshistory,geography,politics,economy,language,literatureandculture-hasbeenconductedbothinandoutsidetheclassroomofEnglishinChinaformanydecadesandevencenturise.Butsincelate1980s,BritishStudiseasaGrowinganddynamicinterdisciplinarysubjecthasbeengoingthroughdrasticchanges,powerfullymovingbeyondastudyofmainlycanonicalmasterpieces.Indees,thecomplexprocessesofglocalisation(globalisationandlocalisation)oftheeconomy,ofimages,ofdiscourses,andofrisksandproblemshavegivenrisetoanurgentneedtocrossgeographical,national,politicalandculturalaswellasdisciplinaryboundaries.Thisbookfeatures25essaysandreflectionsonBritish(mainlycontemporary)literaryandculturaltexts,engagingahostofcriticalperspectivesingender,postcolonial,humanistic,discourse,andculturalstudies.Theyareorganizedintofourparts,“DramaofShakespeareandBeyond,”“RevisitingBritishPoeticKingdom,”“RereadingTalesofBritain,”and“GlobalizingCultureandBritishCinema.”Generallyorspecifically,theseessaysandreflectionsaddressissuessuchasclass,gender,ethnicity,orienalism,aesthetic,social,political,andculturalidentity,indicatingthecomplexityofcontemporarydebatesoverBVritishwrittenandvisualconsturctionsoftheOtheraswellasthemselves.