TY - BOOK ID - 14270991 TI - Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39 PY - 2010 SN - 0719080258 1847793126 1781702446 0719095522 9781847793126 9781781702444 9780719080258 1847797555 9781847797551 PB - Manchester DB - UniCat KW - Great Britain -- Civilization -- 20th century. KW - Working class -- Recreation -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. KW - Working class KW - Business & Economics KW - Labor & Workers' Economics KW - History KW - Recreation KW - Great Britain KW - Civilization KW - Commons (Social order) KW - Labor and laboring classes KW - Laboring class KW - Labouring class KW - Working classes KW - Employment KW - Social classes KW - Labor KW - 1930s Britain. KW - cinema-going tastes. KW - class and culture. KW - cultural history. KW - leisure pursuits. KW - literary studies. KW - popular leisure. KW - reading tastes. KW - social history. KW - working classes. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14270991 AB - This book examines the relationship between class and culture in 1930's 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 ER -