Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39 : a round of cheap diversions? /

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This book examines the relationship between class & culture in 1930s Britain. focusing on the reading & cinema-going tastes of the working classes, Robert James' landmark study combines rigorous historical analysis with a close textual reading of visual & written sources to appraise...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: James, Robert, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010.
Colección:Studies in Popular Culture.
Temas:
1900-1999
Working class > Recreation > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Travailleurs > Loisirs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Society.
Civilization
Working class > Recreation
Great Britain > Civilization > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 20e siècle.
Great Britain
1930s Britain.
cinema-going tastes.
class and culture.
cultural history.
leisure pursuits.
literary studies.
popular leisure.
reading tastes.
social history.
working classes.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 'The people's amusement': the growth in cinema-going and reading habits
  • 'Fouling civilisation?: official attitudes towards popular film and literature
  • Trade attitudes towards audience taste
  • 'What made you put that rubbish on?': national trends in film popularity
  • 'The appearance as an added incentive': national trends in literature popularity
  • 'A very profitable enterprise': South Wales Miners' Institutes
  • 'Gunmen, rustlers and a damsel in distress': working-class tastes in Derby
  • 'The home of the brave"? working -class tastes in Portsmouth
  • Popular film and literature: textual analyses
  • Conclusion: 'giving the public what it wants'.

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