Moving histories of class and community [Elektronisk resurs] Identity, place and belonging in contemporary England / Ben Rogaly, Becky Taylor.

• Acknowledgements Lists of Figures, Maps and Photographs Abbreviations Introduction: Moving Histories Place Interlude: Tom Crowther (1929-2006) Poverty State Class Interlude: Flo Smith Moves Afterword Bibliography.

• A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930, that shows how meanings of poverty have changed over time and how individuals reject categorization by the state. This book challenges accepted wisdom on the white working class, providing new understandings of community, place and class, arguing for the importance of migration. -- White working class areas are often seen as entrenched and immobile, threatened by the arrival of newcomers, especially foreigners and people of colour. This major new study of white working class Britain since 1930 challenges accepted wisdom to provide a completely different perspective, showing how relatively small moves - as well as longer distance migration, including emigration - are suffused with emotion and can play a major role in influencing ideas of place and belonging. Based around the case study of three social housing estates in Norwich, England, over a seventy year period, and with oral histories at its heart, it also tells stories of the appropriation and resistance of state discourses of community, and of the ambivalent, complex and shifting set of class relations and identities. Material poverty has been a constant in the area throughout the period covered, but not for all residents, and being defined as 'poor' is an identity that is actively resisted. 
• 'This book challenges contemporary stereotypes about the identity of the white working class in England and gives us a new insight into what class and community actually mean to real people in personal, social and historical terms. Rogaly and Taylor question the customary opposition between immigrants and rooted local populations, demonstrating the mobility of 'local people' and the constantly changing identity of 'the community' over time! This is a fascinating and important study.' - Robert J.C. Young, Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature, New York University. 'If you want to know how class 'feels' this book offers a nuanced understanding!. Written with clarity by a geographer and an historian it charts lives stretched out over time and space!This is a unique and important contribution to the recently revitalised area of class analysis.' - Professor Beverley Skeggs, Goldsmiths University of London, UK 'Drawing upon personal testimony, archival evidence and participant observation, this intimate account of a working class housing estate offers a 'moving history' that speaks to wider concerns! by approaching the emotionality and significance of the residents' own 'moving' stories with great insight and sensitivity it develops new ways of understanding identity, place and belonging in contemporary England.' - Professor Alistair Thomson, Monash University, Australia 'Complex, contradictory, sometimes disturbing, the oral histories of estate residents make it clear just how impoverished our typical views are of those people and places we too readily dismiss as "marginal" or "excluded". Refusing to shy away from critically (and empathetically) analyzing the ingrained racism of some of the central characters of the book! Rogaly and Taylor instead make clear not only how, but especially where, class is lived. Moving Histories is a vital addition to the burgeoning "New Working Class Studies" movement..' - Don Mitchell, Distinguished Professor of Geography, Syracuse University, USA. 

Ämnesord

Working class whites  -- History -- 20th century -- England. (LCSH)

Working class whites  -- History -- 21st century -- England. (LCSH)

Society.  (ukslc)

Migration, immigration & emigration.  (thema)

Poverty & unemployment.  (thema)

Educational: History.  (thema)

Social welfare & social services.  (thema)

Urban communities.  (thema)

England  -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. (LCSH)

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