The Uses of Literacy
Aspects of Working-Class Life
$31.95
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
9 November 2009
Summary
‘A vivid inside view of working-class culture and one of the most influential books of the postwar era’ Observer
When a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values? Are the skills that education and literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? Do the media coerce us into a world of the superficial and the material - or can they be a force for good?
When Richard Hoggart asked these questions in his 1957 book The Uses of Literacy, Britain was und…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141191584 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141191589 |
| Author: | Richard Hoggart, Simon Hoggart, Lynsey Hanley |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 9 November 2009 |
| Weight: | 296g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
About The Author
Richard Hoggart
Richard Hoggart was born in Leeds in 1918. He served with the Royal Artillery in North Africa from 1940 to 1946, after which he taught literature at the University of Hull, was visiting professor of English at the University of Rochester in America and senior lecturer in English at the University of Leicester. Professor Hoggart has been a member of numerous bodies and at different times was an Assistant Director-General of UNESCO, Chairman of the New Statesman and Vice-Chairman of the Arts Council. The Uses of Literacy, his most widely acclaimed work was partly autobiographical and drawn from his own boyhood growing up in the North of England.
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