Class, Culture and Social Change

On the Trail of the Working Class

AvJ. Kirk

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-11
Mått:140 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt:308 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Upplaga:7001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349361588

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

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