"A Local Habitation" is the first volume of Hoggart's autobiography, describing his childhood in a working class district in Leeds, his time at grammar school, his days at Leeds University and his travels through Nazi Germany before World War Two. Hoggart is the author of "The Uses of Literacy".
Aspects of Working-Class Life with Special Reference to Publications and Entertainments
When a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values? Are the skills that education and literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? When Richard Hoggart asked these questions in his 1957 book The Uses of Literacy , Britain was undergoing huge social change, yet his landmark work has lost none of its pertinence today.
Publicado en 1928, este romanzo de D.H. Lawrence ha suscitado escándalo y controversias, siendo confiscado por obscenidad hasta 1960 en Gran Bretaña. No solo las descripciones sensuales de encuentros amorosos causan revuelo, sino también su contenido "subversivo", centrado en una mujer que desafía las rígidas normas de la sociedad británica para afirmar su libertad y el derecho a una vida sentimental auténtica. Constance Chatterley, esposa de un baronet paralizado por la Primera Guerra Mundial, se enamora del guardabosques de su propiedad. Su relación, inicialmente física, evoluciona hacia un vínculo profundo. El marido, aunque dispuesto a tolerar aventuras con mujeres de su clase, no acepta el amor de su esposa por un sirviente. Embarazada, Constance decide abandonarlo para vivir plenamente su historia de amor. La novela explora el conflicto entre convención y deseo, opresión y libertad, funcionando como una denuncia social y un análisis del alma femenina, los mecanismos del enamoramiento y la naturaleza de los sentimientos primarios. Es un himno a la vitalidad del sexo, capaz de arrasar la falsa conciencia y afirmar el derecho al placer y a la libertad individual.
Old men outside Argos, commuters twirling umbrellas - these are the images that contribute to Richard Hoggart's picture of Farnham. Usually identified with Leeds and the North, Hoggart went to live in Surrey 20 years ago: this book is partly an affectionate response to the softer South. By looking in detail at one particular place, he builds up a representative picture, directing the reader outwards to general themes: the Health Service, violence on the streets, shopping and the networks that underpin communities and keep them alive.
The third and final volume of Hoggart's autobiography deals with the years from 1959 to the present, including his part in the Lady Chatterley trial and his time at UNESCO.
Richard Hoggart explores the interconnectedness of broadcasting, arts policy, education, and social work in this collection of essays. Drawing on his extensive experience in these fields, he reflects on their shared characteristics and insights. This selection showcases a fraction of his work from the past twenty years, offering readers a glimpse into his thoughtful analysis and observations on cultural and social issues.
The Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe is an authoritative and accessible reference book, giving a comprehensive overview of astronomy. Every important aspect and all major constituents of the universe are described in alphabetically arranged entries. The volume includes current theories of the birth and evolution of the universe and of individual stars and their sometimes catastrophic destruction as supernovae; neutron stars; pulsars; and black holes; coverage of the planets and satellites of the solar system; and planetary exploration. The book explains in clear, lay language the fundamental principles of physics-- for example, the theory of relativity--that underpin our understanding of astronomy. The editor has structured the book to provide, through cross-references, an explanation of the more technical entries. Readers are helped to understand complex theories through simple, colorful line drawings, as well as more elaborate artwork. Biographical entries on key astronomers add the human dimension to the study of the universe; surveys, scattered over several entries, are given of the centuries of intellectual upheaval and progressive thinking that have brought us to the present day. A concise chart of the evolution of astronomy is also included.
Autobiographie d'un intellectuel issu des classes populaires anglaises
Publié en France il y a plus de quarante ans, La Culture du pauvre est devenu un classique de la sociologie des classes et des cultures populaires. Dans 33 Newport Street, Richart Hoggart entreprend de raconter sa propre histoire tout en cherchant à comprendre ce qui l’a rendue possible et aujourd’hui, pensable. Il y évoque en écrivain son enfance dans un quartier ouvrier du Leeds des années 1920. Le récit de cette enfance si démunie, et pourtant si riche de souvenirs, fait comprendre que les groupes les plus dominés ont encore une culture, et qu’en même temps il n’est pas de culture populaire, si repliée sur elle-même et si protégée soit-elle, qui ne soit habitée par la domination qui s’exerce sur elle. Hoggart raconte aussi comment il a réussi à sortir, grâce à l’école, de son milieu d’origine, sans rien renier de ses origines ni de sa trajectoire et de sa réussite. Autoportrait d’un intellectuel issu des classes populaires, 33 Newport Street dessine en creux, et pour une fois en négatif, le portrait de l’intellectuel d’élite standard.
