Understanding Richard Hoggart(English, Paperback, Bailey Michael)

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Understanding Richard Hoggart(English, Paperback, Bailey Michael) is written by Bailey Michael and published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1405194944 (ISBN 10) and 9781405194945 (ISBN 13).

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