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Richard Hoggart

    An Imagined Life
    Townscape with Figures
    Lady Chatterley's Lover
    The Uses of Literacy
    Speaking to Each Other
    Life and Times: A local habitation, 1918-40
    • 33 Newport Street

      Autobiographie d'un intellectuel issu des classes populaires anglaises

      Publié en France il y a plus de quarante ans, La Culture du pauvre est devenu un classique de la sociologie des classes et des cultures populaires. Dans 33 Newport Street, Richart Hoggart entreprend de raconter sa propre histoire tout en cherchant à comprendre ce qui l’a rendue possible et aujourd’hui, pensable. Il y évoque en écrivain son enfance dans un quartier ouvrier du Leeds des années 1920. Le récit de cette enfance si démunie, et pourtant si riche de souvenirs, fait comprendre que les groupes les plus dominés ont encore une culture, et qu’en même temps il n’est pas de culture populaire, si repliée sur elle-même et si protégée soit-elle, qui ne soit habitée par la domination qui s’exerce sur elle. Hoggart raconte aussi comment il a réussi à sortir, grâce à l’école, de son milieu d’origine, sans rien renier de ses origines ni de sa trajectoire et de sa réussite. Autoportrait d’un intellectuel issu des classes populaires, 33 Newport Street dessine en creux, et pour une fois en négatif, le portrait de l’intellectuel d’élite standard.

      33 Newport Street2013
      4,0
    • Between Two Worlds

      Politics, Anti-Politics, and the Unpolitical

      • 313bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      Richard Hoggart explores the interconnectedness of broadcasting, arts policy, education, and social work in this collection of essays. Drawing on his extensive experience in these fields, he reflects on their shared characteristics and insights. This selection showcases a fraction of his work from the past twenty years, offering readers a glimpse into his thoughtful analysis and observations on cultural and social issues.

      Between Two Worlds2001
    • Townscape with Figures

      Farnham, Portrait of an English Town

      • 242bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      Old men outside Argos, commuters twirling umbrellas - these are the images that contribute to Richard Hoggart's picture of Farnham. Usually identified with Leeds and the North, Hoggart went to live in Surrey 20 years ago: this book is partly an affectionate response to the softer South. By looking in detail at one particular place, he builds up a representative picture, directing the reader outwards to general themes: the Health Service, violence on the streets, shopping and the networks that underpin communities and keep them alive.

      Townscape with Figures1994
    • An Imagined Life

      Life and Times 1959-1991

      • 305bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      The third and final volume of Hoggart's autobiography deals with the years from 1959 to the present, including his part in the Lady Chatterley trial and his time at UNESCO.

      An Imagined Life1993
    • This latest addition to the Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia explains why people throughout the world live as they do; it sets out their beliefs; their political and economic systems; and their social and cultural structures, providing a useful handbook to the issues, ideas, and institutionsunderlying current affairs. Sixty specialists have contributed the 2,200 entries under the guidance of forty expert advisers. The entries are arranged alphabetically and range in length from 60 to 1,000 words. Subjects covered include religions; political systems and theory; economics, commerce, andmanagement; communications and advertising; law and legal systems; philosophy; psychology; international relations and development issues; sociology; sports; education; social services; health and welfare. Biographies of the major figures in their field are given. Entries reflect the variety ofinformation required in today's hybrid society, and special attention is given to different cultural viewpoints. The additional forty-page illustrated section on the countries of the world includes an entry, locator map, and table of statistics for each country, which summarize the country'spolitical and economic structure.

      Oxford illustrated encyclopedia of peoples and cultures1992
    • "A Local Habitation" is the first volume of Hoggart's autobiography, describing his childhood in a working class district in Leeds, his time at grammar school, his days at Leeds University and his travels through Nazi Germany before World War Two. Hoggart is the author of "The Uses of Literacy".

      Life and Times: A local habitation, 1918-401988
      4,5
    • One of the most extraordinary literary works of the twentieth century, Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned in England and the United States after its initial publication in 1928. The unexpurgated edition did not appear in America until 1959, after one of the most spectacular legal battles in publishing history. With her soft brown hair, lithe figure and big, wondering eyes, Constance Chatterley is possessed of a certain vitality. Yet she is deeply unhappy; married to an invalid, she is almost as inwardly paralyzed as her husband Clifford is paralyzed below the waist. It is not until she finds refuge in the arms of Mellors the game-keeper, a solitary man of a class apart, that she feels regenerated. Together they move from an outer world of chaos towards an inner world of fulfillment.

      Lady Chatterley's Lover1960
      3,5