Lower-middle-class nation : the white-collar worker in British popular culture
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- Lower-middle-class nation : the white-collar worker in British popular culture
- Jaar:
- 2021
- Onderwerp:
- Middle-class History
Popular culture History
Great Britain Social conditions
Arbeidersklasse
Arbeidsomstandigheden
Populaire cultuur - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- 2101
- Plaatsnummer:
- INDUS.ARB-106 (Industriemuseum)
- ISBN:
- 9781350064355
- Paginering:
- X, 243 p.
- Samenvatting:
- "Lower-Middle-Class Nation provides an unparalleled interdisciplinary cultural history of the lower-middle-class worker in British life since 1850. Considering highbrow, lowbrow, and middle-brow forms across literature, film, television and more, Nicola Bishop traces the development of the lower-middle-class from the mid-19th century to the present day, tackling a number of pressing, consistent concerns such as automation, commuting, and the search for a life/work balance. Above all, this book brings together ideas about class, nationhood, and gender, demonstrating that a particularly British lower-middle-class identity is constructed through the spaces and practices of the everyday"--
- Nota:
- Index en bibl.
- Permalink:
- https://www.cageweb.be/catalog/cgw01:000861827
