{"product_id":"uses-of-literacy-1","title":"Uses of Literacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values? Are the skills that education and literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? Do the media coerce us into a world of the superficial and the material - or can they be a force for good? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Richard Hoggart asked these questions in his 1957 book \u003ci\u003eThe Uses of Literacy\u003c\/i\u003e Britain was undergoing huge social change, yet his landmark work has lost none of its pertinence and power today. Hoggart gives a fascinating insight into the close-knit values of Northern England's vanishing working-class communities, and weaves this together with his views on the arrival of a new, homogenous 'mass' US-influenced culture. His headline-grabbing bestseller opened up a whole new area of cultural study and remains essential reading, both as a historical document, and as a commentary on class, poverty and the media.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252745228632,"sku":"9780141191584","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141191584.jpg?v=1777100458","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/uses-of-literacy-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}