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Nine historians offer a critical evaluation of the concept of popular culture and the changing experiences of subaltern classes in England during the early modern period. Particular attention is paid to the importance of regional and cultural variations, the interaction between the "high" and the "low," the position of the middling sort (which makes any simple dichotomy between popular and elite problematic), and the precise cultural space occupied by women. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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As scholarly interest in popular culture has grown, more and more British and American universities have been introducing courses in popular culture, now seen as an essential aspect of historical investigation. This volume answers the need for a book focusing on England (unlike Peter Burke's Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe (1978), and over a broad time period (unlike Barry Reay's Popular Culture in Seventeenth-Century England (1985)), which will fulfil it's aim of appealing both to specialists and students coming new to the subject. Tim Harris has assembled a very strong team of contributors who will ensure a very lively and interesting collection of essays.
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