I do get a sense of stereotyping but my question is do they really reveal anything about England which is increasingly culturally diverse? Kate Fox also tries to deal with the race issue by arguing that we should be aware of how resident immigrant communities have chosen to adapt forms of Englishness. While on the other hand she argues that the decision to adapt certain English traits or behaviours is a conscious one, her evidence is drawn from her own experiences in the United States and the experiences of her family members. I like how she is open about herself and her family, one can also tell that she loves what she does being an anthropologist, for example there’s a heading in her book labelled Trust me I’m an anthropologist. Fox also takes ownership and makes it clear to the reader that this is her book and she can discuss and write what she wants. She also draws statements from other authors such as George Orwell’s identity statement. That identity is ‘continuous, it stretches in the future and the past, there is something in it that persists as in a living creature’.
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I like how she is so descriptive and how she introduces each chapter and sections so well. She does include herself a lot since well she is English after all. She delves into discussion such as sex rules and religion and she makes such a bold statement that religion is irrelevant to most English people these days. I admire her for her boldness and assurance, she knows how to assure the reader that what they are reading is what she has observed. Kate Fox has a desire for observation and there’s a qualitative difference in the results and the telling of details adds weight to her