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Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39 [electronic resource] : a round of cheap diversions? / Robert James

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James, Robert, 1968-
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Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2010.
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xii, 268 p. ; 25 cm.
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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'.
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9780719080258
0719080258
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-256) and index.
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