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Folk opposition
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- Book Synopsis
- 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 supportersâ trusts, from Raoul Moat to Ridley Scott, it argues that anti-establishment populism remains a powerful force in British culture, and asserts that the left must recapture this cultural territory from the far right as it begins to rebuild democratic representation from the bottom up.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781780990323
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Zer0 Books, (28 October 2011)
- Number of Pages
- 90
- Weight
- 122 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 140 x 6 mm
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