Robert James

Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39 (eBook, ePUB)

A round of cheap diversions?

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the relationship between class and culture in 1930s 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 subject and an abundance of new material to analyse, thus making it an undergraduate and postgraduate 'must-have'. It will be a particularly welcome addition for anyone interested in the fields of cultural and social history, as well as film, cultural and literary studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847797551
• Artikelnr.: 44046510

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication Acknowledgements Contents 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: I Broader
patterns of film popularity II Sidney Bernstein questionnaires, 1932 and
1934: Pre-report material III Patterns of literature popularity Index