Class, Culture and Social Change

On the Trail of the Working Class
2007. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-54920-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 404 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kirk, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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 .