Working-class writing and publishing in the late twentieth century : literature, culture and community / Tom Woodin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodin, Tom, author.

Series:

Manchester scholarship online.

Manchester scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers--History.

Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers.

Working class writings, English--History and criticism.

Working class writings, English.

English literature--20th century--History and cricitism.

English literature.

Writers' workshops--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Writers' workshops.

Community radio--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Community radio.

Nineteen seventies--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Nineteen seventies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

From the early 1970s, working class writing and publishing in local communities rapidly proliferated into a national movement. This book is the first full evaluation of these developments and opens up new perspectives on literature, culture, class and identity over the past 50 years.

Contents:

Source of radicalism

The good old days?

A beginner reader is not a beginner thinker

The workshop and working-class writing

Making writers: more writing than welding

Alternative publishing and audience participation

Chuck out the teacher: critical pedagogy in the community

Class and identity

The mainstream and the movement.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 17, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526149213

1526149214

9781526139023

1526139022

9781526108609

1526108607

OCLC:

1224979066