Understanding Richard Hoggart: A Pedagogy of Hope by Michael Bailey, Ben Clarke, John K. Walton
2011 | ISBN: 1405193026, 1405194944 | English | 232 pages | PDF | 14 MB
Awarded 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention in Media & Cultural Studies
With the resurgent interest in his work today, this is a timely reevaluation of this foundational figure in Cultural Studies, a critical but friendly review of both Hoggart's work and reputation.
Re-examines the reputation of one of the ‘inventors’ of Cultural Studies
Uses new archival sources to critically evaluate Hoggart's contribution and influence, set his work in context, and determine its current relevance
Addresses detractors and their positions of Hoggart, delineating long-term ideological battles within academia
Brings cultural studies, literary criticism, and social history to bear on this figure whose interests spread across disciplines, to create a text which blends many threads into a coherent whole
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