located bodies

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located bodies identity
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Richard

• his very identity in question

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John of Gaunt (2.1) - this England - this other
Eden - this sceptred isle

• issues of the identity of land, monarch, island,
  eden, birthplace
• celebrated by an old, sick and dying man

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Dunstanburgh - Gaunts land
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the body of England
the United Kingdom notions of English
heritage often identified with landscape,
relationships with the land itself
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what is English heritage?

• what stands for, represents England?
• what have they inherited that makes them English?
• beer, the parish church, fish and chips,
  cricket played upon a village green in summer,
  the Tower of London, the monarchy itself, stately
  homes, Shakespeare, a cottage garden
• are just some of the possible answers today
• Gaunt has pointed to some connections rooted in
  land and ownership, with references to Eden and
  Englands breed of men, England nurturing kings

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the material textures of identity are centered
upon the located body

• this is another way of thinking of notions like
  heritage (literally what is inherited), the way
  identity is signified

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the photography of Martin Parr- his collection
Think of England

• dealing with the textures of identity
• location - people and their artifacts in an
  English summer

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Guillermo Gomez-Peña- border art

• dealing with language, material culture and
  identity
• an extract from his video Border Brujo

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