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Class, Culture and Social Change J. Kirk

Class, Culture and Social Change By J. Kirk

Class, Culture and Social Change by J. Kirk


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Summary

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.

Class, Culture and Social Change Summary

Class, Culture and Social Change: On the Trail of the Working Class by J. Kirk

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.

About J. Kirk

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.

Table of Contents

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

Additional information

NPB9780230549203
9780230549203
0230549209
Class, Culture and Social Change: On the Trail of the Working Class by J. Kirk
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2007-10-11
232
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