Robert James

Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39

A round of cheap diversions?

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a landmark study which examines the film and reading tastes of working-class consumers in 1930s Britain. Drawing on a wealth of original research, Robert James argues that working-class consumers used popular film and fiction to answer a range of cultural and social needs in this tumultuous decade.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780719095528
• ISBN-10: 0719095522
• Artikelnr.: 40579114

Autorenporträt

Robert James is Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social History at the University of Portsmouth

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. 'The people's amusement': the growth in cinema-going and
reading habits 2. 'Fouling civilisation'?: official attitudes towards
popular film and literature 3. Trade attitudes towards audience taste 4.
Working-class tastes: national trends in film popularity 5. Working-class
tastes: national trends in literature popularity 6. Working-class tastes:
South Wales Miners' Institutes 7. Working-class tastes: Derby 8.
Working-class tastes: Portsmouth 9. Popular film and literature: textual
analyses Conclusion: 'giving the public what it wants' Bibliography
Appendices Index