James Popular culture and working–class taste in Britain, 1930–39

A round of cheap diversions?
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-312-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Popular Culture

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

James, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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