Author

Publication

2007-11-27 - Palgrave Macmillan

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100230549209
  • ISBN-139780230549203
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007022489
  • OCLC Control Number137325228
  • Better World Books9780230549203
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Classifications

  • LCCH61-H61.62HM623HM401
  • LCCHD8391 .K57 2007

Description

Class, Culture and Social Change: On the Trail of the Working Class challenges the notion of the 'death of the working class'. It does this by taking a broad historical and theoretical overview of the way class - in particular ideas of the British working class - has been represented in a range of cultural forms from ethnography and cultural theory, to film and the novel. The author examines a number of key issues for working-class studies: 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. Drawing on the work of Raymond Williams, Valentin Volosinov, Mikhail Bakhtin and others, the book seeks to revive ways for thinking about working-class identity and experience.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Class, Culture and Social Change: On the Trail of the Working ClassHardcoverPalgrave Macmillan2007-11-27

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