Class, Culture and Social Change - On the Trail of the Working Class

Informationen zum Autor 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 Twentieth Century Writing and the British Working Class . Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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

Product details

• Authors: J Kirk, J. Kirk
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349361588
• ISBN: 978-1-349-36158-8
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Social Theory, Social Change, Sociology, general, Economic development, Social sciences—Philosophy, Development Studies, Development and Social Change, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Cultural Studies;culture;identity;social change