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.
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