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What did Hoggart and other British cultural critics see the "juke box boys" (Hoggart, 1958, 247) as a portent of, and how was it represented in the British films of the 1950s?  

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What did Hoggart and other British cultural critics see the "juke box boys" (Hoggart, 1958, 247) as a portent of, and how was it represented in the British films of the 1950s? Dan Bednar The essay will introduce the notion of consensus - the agreement reached between political parties as well as in the society as a whole. However, due to the limitation of this paper, this is a rather an abbreviated description of the whole situation. As a result the British foreign affairs, as well as the importance of immigrant waves on forming the new British culture, will be ignored. Furthermore, the youth phenomenon did not appear overnight as it might seem from reading the following lines. In fact as the teenagers gained more and more attention from the marketplace and the popular press, they also gained more confidence and their voice was heard. The focus here will be on the...

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