Culture Wars: The Media and the British Left - Softcover

James Curran; Ivor Gaber; Julian Petley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748619178 ISBN 13: 9780748619177

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Culture Wars charts the battle between two generations, one shaped by the immediate post-war period and the other by the cultural revolt of the 1960s. It was a clash that first exploded into life in the 1980s, when the Conservative press and government ridiculed radical young councillors as the 'loony left', and turned them into the pariahs of contemporary politics. This cultural victory proved shortlived. The values and political agenda of the urban left made significant advances in the 1990s and 2000s when the sixties generation moved into positions of power. The book offers key insights for different disciplines: *For media studies, it offers a compelling account of how the media represent, and influence, social change. *For cultural studies, it illuminates the way in which the culture of society is a battleground between generations and opposed value groups. *For the social sciences, it documents how the rise of women, immigration, gay liberation and concern about the environment were mediated, and became the subjects of debate, political conflict, and regulation.* For the general reader, it offers a very readable account of the entry of 1960s values into mainstream politics, and the culture wars that have been fought ever since.

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Review:

The strength of this chapter, and indeed the book as a whole, lies in the way in which it highlights, in an easily digestible fashion, this complex and two-way relationship between politics and the media, successfully communicating the fact that the politics of the press and this politics of Britain are inextricably linked. --Natalie Pittimson, University of Warwick Media, Culture and Society

This book is comprehensive and very readable. Political Studies Review An empirically rich and insightful account of profound changes in the performance of political communication in contemporary Britain. --Pascal Preston, Dublin City University Journalism

About the Author:

James Curran is Professor of Communication at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Ivor Gaber is Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Goldsmiths. Julian Petley is Professor of Film and Television Studies at Brunel University. He is Editor of the Journal of British Cinema and Television.

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0748619178
• ISBN 13: 9780748619177
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320