located bodies – identity

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
	who decries the mortgaging of England
	sold off
	England sick with rotten parchment bonds
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	- ownership
	- heritage

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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
	Gaunt has pointed to some connections rooted in land and ownership, with references to Eden and England’s breed of men, England nurturing kings

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

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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