Clampdown: Pop-Cultural Wars on Class and Gender

by Rhian E. Jones

Why have both pop and politics in Britain become the preserve of an unrepresentative elite? From chav-pop pantomimes to retro-chauvinist 'landfill indie', the bland, homogenous and compromised nature of the current 'alternative' sector reflects the interests of a similarly complacent and privileged political establishment. In particular, political and media policing of female social and sexual autonomy, through the neglected but significant gendered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780997086
• ISBN13: 9781780997087
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Zero Books
• Length: 113 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.3"