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200 10$aPopular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39 $ea round of cheap diversions? /$fRobert James
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aManchester, U.K. ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press $cDistributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan$dc2010
215   $a1 online resource (289 p.)
225 1 $aStudies in popular culture
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [250]-256) and index.
327   $a'The people's amusement': the growth in cinema-going and reading habits -- 'Fouling civilisation?: official attitudes towards popular film and literature -- Trade attitudes towards audience taste -- 'What made you put that rubbish on?': national trends in film popularity -- 'The appearance as an added incentive': national trends in literature popularity -- 'A very profitable enterprise': South Wales Miners' Institutes -- 'Gunmen, rustlers and a damsel in distress': working-class tastes in Derby -- 'The home of the brave"? working -class tastes in Portsmouth -- Popular film and literature: textual analyses -- Conclusion: 'giving the public what it wants'.
330   $aThis book examines the relationship between class and culture in 1930's Britain. Focusing on the reading and cinema-going tastes of the working classes, Robert James' landmark study combines rigorous historical analysis with a close textual reading of visual and written sources to appraise the role of popular leisure in this fascinating decade.Drawing on a wealth of original research, this lively and accessible book adds immeasurably to our knowledge of working-class leisure pursuits in this contentious period. It is a key intervention in the field, providing both an imaginative approach to the
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