ISBN:
9781350064355
Language:
English
Pages:
243 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bishop, Nicola Lower-middle-class nation
DDC:
305.5/50941
Keywords:
Middle-class History
;
Popular culture History
;
Great Britain Social conditions
Abstract:
"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"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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