{"product_id":"uses-of-literacy","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His headline-grabbing bestseller opened up a whole new area of cultural study and remains essential reading, both as a historical document, and as a commentary on class, poverty and the media.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318085525886,"sku":"NW9780141191584","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141191584.jpg?v=1778239697","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/uses-of-literacy","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}