Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39 a round of cheap diversions? / Robert James.
| Author/creator | James, Robert, 1968- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, |
| Description | xii, 268 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in popular culture Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England) ^A1128073 |
| Contents | 'The people's amusement': the growth in cinema-going and reading habits -- 'Fouling civilisation?: official attitudes towards popular film and literature -- Trade attitudes towards audience taste -- 'What made you put that rubbish on?': national trends in film popularity -- 'The appearance as an added incentive': national trends in literature popularity -- 'A very profitable enterprise': South Wales Miners' Institutes -- 'Gunmen, rustlers and a damsel in distress': working-class tastes in Derby -- 'The home of the brave"? working -class tastes in Portsmouth -- Popular film and literature: textual analyses -- Conclusion: 'giving the public what it wants'. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-256) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011286060 |
| ISBN | 9780719080258 |
| ISBN | 0719080258 |
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