02227nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10623391 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110329s2010 enk sb 001 0 eng d 2011286060 0719080258 9780719080258 9781847793126 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)762096122 e-uk--- HD8390 .J35 2010eb 790.1/9 23 James, Robert, 1968- Popular culture and working-class taste in Britain, 1930-39 [electronic resource] : a round of cheap diversions? / Robert James. Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, c2010. xii, 268 p. Studies in popular culture Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-256) and index. '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'. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Working class Recreation Great Britain History 20th century. Great Britain Civilization 20th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10623391 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 159161 159161