Lower-middle-class nation : the white-collar worker in British popular culture / Nicola Bishop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bishop, Nicola, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class--Great Britain--History.

Middle class.

Popular culture--Great Britain--History.

Popular culture.

Great Britain--Social conditions.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"Lower-Middle-Class Nation provides an unparalleled interdisciplinary cultural history of the lower-middle-class worker in British life since 1850. Considering highbrow, lowbrow, and middle-brow forms across literature, film, television and more, Nicola Bishop traces the development of the lower-middle-class from the mid-19th century to the present day, tackling a number of pressing, consistent concerns such as automation, commuting, and the search for a life/work balance. Above all, this book brings together ideas about class, nationhood, and gender, demonstrating that a particularly British lower-middle-class identity is constructed through the spaces and practices of the everyday"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The Clerk

3. The Office

4. The Commute

5. The Suburbs

6. The Bank Holiday

7. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781350064386

1350064386

9781350064379

1350064378

9781350064362

135006436X

OCLC:

1230565258