The young ones: A reassessment of the British New Left's representation of 1950s youth subcultures

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-83

  Bentley, Nick ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1950s, Absolute Beginners; Colin MacInnes; Ideology; New Left; Representation; Richard Hoggart; Stuart Hall; Uses of literacy; Youth subcultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144532188     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549405049492     Document Type: Article

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