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What Are The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Richard Hoggart's Analysis Of 1950's Working-Class Culture In The Uses Of Literacy.
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What Are The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Richard Hoggart's Analysis Of 1950's Working-Class Culture In The Uses Of Literacy. The Uses of Literacy was one of the earliest attempts to understand the divide between culture and popular culture. Richard Hoggart's book, written in two distinctly different parts, introduces the reader to memories of his own pre-war, north of England, working-class family life. The book then deals with what Hoggart feels is the step decline of this tight knit working-class culture by the assault of the rapidly developing mass media. It received a lukewarm reception when first published, but arrived just as the educational debate about cultural change was starting. It then became an essential part of university reading lists and examination syllabuses1. As such, its importance cannot be understated. Hoggart's memories of 'his' working class are what Taylor describes as, 'An old, close tightly knit working class culture of stuffy...
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