Richard Hoggart and cultural studies
By: [edited by] Sue Owen.
Contributors: Owen, Susan J.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780230545458
Subjects: Hoggart, Richard, -- 1918- -- Influence; Culture -- Philosophy; Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Description: This collection of essays re-evaluates Richard Hoggart's contribution to the history of ideas and to Cultural Studies. Hoggart is one of the leading cultural commentators of the last sixty years. His The Uses of Literacy (1957) marked a watershed in public perception of culture and class and shifted academic parameters. He was a leading defence witness in the Lady Chatterley trial. He was one of the first literary critics to take the working class seriously, and founded the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies. These essays, by both leading and emerging cultural scholars, examine Hoggart's legacy to Cultural Studies, identifying his widespread influence, tracing continuities and complexities, and affirming his enduring importance.
Notes: Includes index.