The Uses of Literacy

摘要: This pioneering work examines changes in the life and values of English working class response to mass media. First published 1957, it mapped out a new methodology cultural studies based around interdisciplinarity concern with how texts-in this case, publications-are stitched into patterns lived experience. Mixing personal memoir social history critique, The Uses Literacy anticipates recent interest modes analysis that refuse hide author behind mask objective scientific technique. In its method rich accumulation detail working-class life, volume remains useful absorbing. Hoggart's achieves much power through careful delineation complexities attitudes sensitivity physical environmental facts life. people he portrays are neither sentimentalized victims culture deference nor neo-fascist hooligans. Hoggart sees beyond habits what stand for statements really mean. He thus detects differing pressures emotion idiomatic phrases ritualistic observances. Through close observation an emotional empathy deriving, part, from his own background, defines fairly homogeneous representative group people. Against background may be seen various appeals publications other artifacts popular connect traditional commonly accepted attitudes, they altering those meeting resistance. argues made by publicists-more insistent, effective, pervasive than past-are moving toward creation undifferentiated remnants authentic urban being destroyed. introduction edition, Andrew Goodwin, professor broadcast communications arts at San Francisco State University, place among contending schools criticism points prescience developments England over past thirty years. notes as well fruitful links between findings aspects United States.