Cultural Studies and the Working Class

Marc Notes: Reintegrating class analysis into social templates of race, sexuality & gender; Avail. in clothBiographical Note: Sally R. Munt is a reader in Media Representation and Analysis at the University of Brighton. She has published in the area of cultural studies, feminist theory, and lesbian and gay studies. Table of Contents: Part 1. Issues in Working-Class Identity and Methodology1. If Anywhere: Class Identifications and Cultural Studies Academics2. Discursive Mothers and Academic Fandom: Class, Generation and the Production of Theory3. The Theme That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Class and Recent British Film4. 'This Is About Us, This Is Our Film! Personal and Popular Discourses of 'Underclass'5. Black Women and Social-Class IdentityPart 2. Class, Taste and Space6. Culture, Class and Taste7. Escape and Escapism: Representing Working-Class Women8. The Appearance of Class: Challenges in Gay Space9. Children's Urban Landscapes: Configurations of Class and PlacePart 3: Gender, Fictions and Working-Class Subjectivities10. 'Why Do You Say I Am?' Jesus, Gender and the (Working-Class) Family Romance11. Death in the Good Old Days: True Crime Tales and Social History12. 'Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man': Social Class and the Female Voice in Nil by Mouth13. Homophobic Violence: The Hidden Injuries of Class14. Millwall Football Club: Masculinity, Race and BelongingPublisher Marketing: This work challenges the field of British cultural studies to return to the question of social class as a primary focus of study. The chapters examine contemporary working-class life and its depiction in the media through a number of case studies on topics such as popular cinema, football, romance magazines and club culture. The essays pose methodologies for understanding working-class responses to dominant culture, and explore the contradictions and limitations of the traditional Marxist model. Contributor Bio:  Munt, Sally R Sally R. Munt is a reader in Media Representation and Analysis at the University of Brighton. She has published in the area of cultural studies, feminist theory, and lesbian and gay studies.