Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index.
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Northern exposure : the travails of class in a post-industrial landscape -- In search for the working class : the rise of British cultural studies -- Abyss-mal sites : representation and the British working-class -- 'Speaking for more than itself' : answerability and the working-class text -- Working through change (i) : oral testimony and the language of class -- Working through change (ii) : work-life histories and narratives of class.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Challenges the notion of the 'death of the working class'. This book examines a number of key issues for working-class studies which include: the idea of the 'death' of class; the importance of working-class writing; the significance of place and space for understanding working-class identity; and, the centrality of work in working-class lives.