Class, culture and social change : on the trail of the working class / John Kirk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirk, John, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Great Britain.

Working class.

Social change.

Great Britain.

Social classes--Great Britain.

Social classes.

Social change--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

vi, 232 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

Class, Culture and Social Change challenges the notion of the "death of the working class." 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.

Contents:

Northern exposure : the travails of class in a post-industrial landscape

In search for 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 language of class

Working through change (ii) : work-life histories and narratives of class.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index.

ISBN:

0230549209

9780230549203

OCLC:

137325228

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