Rugby and Welsh identity
Gareth Williams, professor of history at the University of Glamorgan, discusses issues in Welsh life, paying particular attention to rugby.
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Wales is a vibrant nation with its own language, musical heritage and strong cultural identity. Central to this identity and a source of national pride, is rugby, which is deeply embedded in the national consciousness and explored in ‘Rugby and welsh identity’. Away from the sports pitch, this collection also looks at place and belonging, gender and race, nationalism and language, class, work, and political and cultural representation in Wales. This material forms part of The Open University course D172 Contemporary Wales.
Place and belonging in Wales
Graham Day connects place, with the notion of difference in contemporary Wales.
Gender and race in Welsh society
Sandra Betts and Neil Evans discuss the issues of gender and race in Welsh society.
The issue of class in Wales
How class relates to the notion of difference in contemporary Wales.
Nationalism and Welsh language
Charlotte Davies draws connections between Nationalism and the Welsh language
Labour traditions
Andrew Edwards describes how his work on Labour Traditions links with ideas of connections in Wales.
Political representation
Anwen Elias discusses the circuit of knowledge and its usefulness to social scientists.