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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793023003321

Autore

Woodin Tom

Titolo

Working-class writing and publishing in the late twentieth century : literature, culture and community / / Tom Woodin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-5261-4921-4

1-5261-3902-2

1-5261-0860-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Collana

Manchester scholarship online

Disciplina

820.9920623

Soggetti

Working class writings, English - History and criticism

Sociology

Social & Cultural History

HISTORY / Social History

Social & cultural history

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Source of radicalism -- The good old days? -- A beginner reader is not a beginner thinker -- The workshop and working-class writing -- Making writers: more writing than welding -- Alternative publishing and audience participation -- Chuck out the teacher: critical pedagogy in the community -- Class and identity -- The mainstream and the movement.

Sommario/riassunto

From the early 1970s, working class writing and publishing in local communities rapidly proliferated into a national movement. This book is the first full evaluation of these developments and opens up new perspectives on literature, culture, class and identity over the past 50 years.