Download or read book The Foreignness of Foreigners written by Vanessa Alayrac-Fielding and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays examines the various encounters between Britain and the Other, from a cultural, racial, ethnic, artistic and social perspective. It investigates the constructions of various figures of the foreigner in the British Isles through representations and discourses in the political and literary fields, as well as in the visual arts from the 17th century to the contemporary period. This volume presents a diverse selection of contributions which offer some common concerns abo ...