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Title: POPULAR CULTURE AND WORKING-CLASS TASTE IN BRITAIN, 1930-39
A ROUND OF CHEAP DIVERSIONS?
By: Robert James, Jeffrey Richards
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0719080258
ISBN 13: 9780719080258
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Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 1 July, 2010
Series: Studies in Popular Culture
Pages: 288
Description: 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. -- .
Synopsis: 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. -- .
Publication: UK
Imprint: Manchester University Press
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