J. Kirk

Class, Culture and Social Change

On the Trail of the Working Class

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the work of Raymond Williams, Valentin Volosinov and Mikhail Bakhtin, the book examines key issues for working-class studies including: the idea of the 'death' of class; the importance of working-class writing; the significance of place and space for understanding working-class identity; and the centrality of work in working-class lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-36158-8
• 1st ed. 2007
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781349361588
• ISBN-10: 1349361585
• Artikelnr.: 45005062

Autorenporträt

JOHN KIRK is Research Fellow at the Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, UK, and a tutor in adult education. He has published widely on British working-class culture and is the author of Twentieth Century Writing and the British Working Class.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Northern Exposure: The Travails of Class in a Post-Industrial Landscape In Search of the Working Class: The Rise of British Cultural Studies Abyss-mal Sites: Representation and the British Working-Class 'Speaking for more than Itself': Answerability and the Working-Class Text Working Through Change (i): Oral Testimony and the Significance of Class Working Through Change (ii): Class and the Meaning of Work Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index