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Popular Culture and Working-Class Taste in Britain, 1930-39 : A Round of Cheap Diversions?, Hardback Book

Popular Culture and Working-Class Taste in Britain, 1930-39 : A Round of Cheap Diversions? Hardback

Part of the Studies in Popular Culture series

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This book examines the relationship between class and culture in 1930s Britain.

Focusing on the reading and cinema-going tastes of the working classes, Robert James’ landmark study combines rigorous historical analysis with a close textual reading of visual and written sources to appraise the role of popular leisure in this fascinating decade. Drawing on a wealth of original research, this lively and accessible book adds immeasurably to our knowledge of working-class leisure pursuits in this contentious period.

It is a key intervention in the field, providing both an imaginative approach to the subject and an abundance of new material to analyse, thus making it an undergraduate and postgraduate ‘must-have’.

It will be a particularly welcome addition for anyone interested in the fields of cultural and social history, as well as film, cultural and literary studies. -- .

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