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Folk Opposition (Paperback) Loot Price: R316
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Folk Opposition (Paperback): Alex Niven

Folk Opposition (Paperback)

Alex Niven

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For David Cameron and 'Big Society' Tories, folk culture means organic food, nu-folk pop music, and pastoral myths of Englishness. Meanwhile, postmodern liberal culture teaches us that talking about a singular 'folk' is reductive at best, neo-fascist at worst. But what is being held in check by this consensus against the possibility of a unified, oppositional, populist identity taking root in modern Britain? Folk Opposition explores a renewed contemporary divide between rulers and ruled, between a powerful elite and a disempowered populace. Using a series of examples, from folk music to football supporters' trusts, from Raoul Moat to Ridley Scott, it argues that anti-establishment populism remains a powerful force in British culture, asserting that the left must recapture this cultural territory from the far right and begin to rebuild democratic representation from the bottom up.

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Imprint: John Hunt Publishing
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2011
First published: November 2011
Authors: Alex Niven
Dimensions: 214 x 143 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 978-1-78099-032-3
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
LSN: 1-78099-032-4
Barcode: 9781780990323

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