Working-Class Writing and Publishing in the Late Twentieth Century - Literature, Culture and Community

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.

Sommario

Introduction
1 Sources of radicalism
2 Young people's writing
3 The good old days?
4 A beginner reader is not a beginner thinker
5 The workshop and working-class writing
6 Making writers: more writing than welding
7 Alternative publishing and audience participation
8 Chuck out the teacher: critical pedagogy in the community
9 Class and identity
10 The mainstream and the movement
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Tom Woodin is Reader in the Social History of Education at the Institute of Education, University College London

Riassunto

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. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tom Woodin
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.08.2018
• EAN: 9780719091117
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9111-7
• Pagine: 280
• Serie: Cultural History of Modern War; Manchester University Press
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie