Skeggs, Bev. 2000. The Appearance of Class: Challenges in Gay Space. In: Sally Munt, ed. Cultural Studies and the Working Class: Subject to Change. London: Continnuum-3PL, pp. 129-151. ISBN 978-0304705498 [Book Section]

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This work challenges the field of British cultural studies to return to the question of social class as a primary focus of study. The chapters examine contemporary working-class life and its depiction in the media through a number of case studies on topics such as popular cinema, football, romance magazines and club culture. The essays pose methodologies for understanding working-class responses to dominant culture, and explore the contradictions and limitations of the traditional Marxist model. The book's contributors conclude that it is time for cultural theorists to revisit issues of working-class cultural formations and to renew the original radical intentions of the discipline by reintegrating class analysis into social templates of race, sexuality and gender.

Item Type:	Book Section
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Sociology
Dates:	Date Event 2000 Published
Item ID:	13705
Date Deposited:	28 Sep 2015 14:10
Last Modified:	07 Jul 2017 12:47
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/13705

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