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

Popular culture and working–class taste in Britain, 1930–39This 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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