Common Factors / Vulgar Factions

Nuttall, Jeff; & Rodick Carmichael

ISBN 10: 0710085923 / ISBN 13: 9780710085924

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1977

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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977. 7.5" wide by 9.75" tall. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. A study of "bad taste" in urban life, particularly in the North of England during the first half of the 20th century. Looks at some of the ways suburban dwellers can assert their "identity against encroaching respectability." From the Dust Jacket: "The main theme of their book is the extraordinary quality to be found in the leisure culture of the major cities: a popular aesthetic, made up of scraps and pieces of dead styles, clichéd ornaments and plundered pastiche, revamped and revitalized with startling vulgar vitality. The authors believe that this language of the commonplace, often called 'bad taste,' may reveal far more about the true nature of modern society." . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Common Factors / Vulgar Factions
• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul, London
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0710085923
• ISBN 13: 9780710085924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Printing of the First Edition.
• Condition: Fine condition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sociology

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Synopsis

152 pages, illustrated throughout with B&W photographs. An interesting investigation into the sub-culture of modern urban life, particularly in the North of England during the first half of the 20th Century. Their main theme is the extraordinary quality to be found in the leisure culture of the major cities, as seen in gardens, shop fronts, clothing, pubs, motor cars and sport.<