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Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39

Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39

Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39

Robert James

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Manchester University Press (P648)
Año de edición:
2010
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Historia general y mundial
ISBN:
9780719080258
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This is a landmark study which examines the film and reading tastes of working-class consumers in 1930s Britain. Drawing on a wealth of original research, Robert James argues that working-class consumers used popular film and fiction to answer a range of cultural and social needs in this tumultuous decade.

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