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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454120403321

Titolo

Cultural studies and the working class [[electronic resource] ] : subject to change / / edited by Sally R. Munt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Cassell, c2000

ISBN

1-282-30948-X

9786612309489

1-4411-1543-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MuntSally

Disciplina

305.5/62/0941

Soggetti

Industries - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Sex role - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Working class - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Great Britain Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part 1: Issues in Working-Class Identity and Methodology; Part 2: Class, Taste and Space; Part 3: Gender, Fictions and Working-Class Subjectivities; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work challenges the field of British cultural studies to return to the question of social class as a primary focus of study. The chapters examine contemporary working-class life and its depiction in the media through a number of case studies on topics such as popular cinema, football, romance magazines and club culture. The essays pose methodologies for understanding working-class responses to dominant culture, and explore the contradictions and limitations of the traditional Marxist model. The book's contributors conclude that it is time for cultural theorists to revisit issues of workin