Leisure, Citizenship and Working-Class Men in Britain, 1850-1940

Name: Leisure, Citizenship and Working-Class Men in Britain, 1850-1940
Author: Brad Beaven

Auteur: Brad Beaven

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Brad Beaven

Engels
Hardcover
9780719060274
01 april 2005
272 pagina's

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From the bawdy audience of a Victorian Penny Gaff to the excitable crowd of an early twentieth century football match, working-class male leisure proved to be a contentious issue for contemporary observers. For middle-class social reformers from across the political spectrum, the spectacle of popular leisure offered a view of working-class habits, and a means by which lifestyles and behaviour could be assessed. For the mid-Victorians, gingerly stepping into a new mass democratic age, the desire to create a bond between the recently enfranchised male worker and the nation was more important than ever. This trend continued as those in governance perceived that 'good' leisure and citizenship could fend off challenges to social stability such as imperial decline, the mass degenerate city, hooliganism, civic and voter apathy and fascism. Thus, between 1850 and 1945 the issue of male leisure became enmeshed with changing contemporary debates on the encroaching mass society and its implications for good citizenry. Working-class culture has often been depicted as an atomised and fragmented entity lacking any significant cultural contestation. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary source material, this book powerfully challenges these recent assumptions and places social class centre stage once more. Arguing that there was a remarkable continuity in male working-class culture between 1850 and 1945, Beaven contends that despite changing socio-economic contexts, male working-class culture continued to draw from a tradition of active participation and cultural contestation that was both class and gender exclusive. This lively and readable book draws from fascinating accounts from those who participated in and observed contemporary popular leisure making it of importance to students and teachers of social history, popular culture, urban history, historical geography, historical sociology and cultural studies. -- .

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 april 2005
Aantal pagina's: 272
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Hoofdauteur: Brad Beaven
Hoofdredacteur: Jeffrey Richards
Hoofduitgeverij: Manchester University Press

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Originele titel: Leisure, Citizenship and Working-Class Men in Britain, 1850-1945

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Categorieën: Geschiedenis

Europa

Sociale & Culturele geschiedenis

Periodes

Moderne tijd (1800-1945)

Hedendaagse geschiedenis ( v.a. 1945)

Regio's & Landen

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Taal: Engels
Periode: 20e eeuw, 19e eeuw
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Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar

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