Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39 : a round of cheap diversions? / / Robert James
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| Autore: |
James Robert <1968->
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| Titolo: |
Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39 : a round of cheap diversions? / / Robert James
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, c2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 790.1/9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Working class - Recreation - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Civilization 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato: | 1930s Britain |
| cinema-going tastes | |
| class and culture | |
| cultural history | |
| leisure pursuits | |
| literary studies | |
| popular leisure | |
| reading tastes | |
| social history | |
| working classes | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-256) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | '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'. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39 |
| ISBN: | 1-84779-755-5 |
| 1-78170-244-6 | |
| 1-84779-312-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808313703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)