Culture Wars The Media and the British Left

by Curran, James; Gaber, Ivor; Petley, Julian

• ISBN13: 9780748619177
• ISBN10: 0748619178
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-27
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Summary

Culture Warscharts the battle between two generations, one shaped by the immediate postwar period and the other by the cultural revolt of the 1960s. It was a clash that first exploded in the 1980s, when the conservative press and government ridiculed radical young politicians as the "loony left." However, the values and political agenda of the urban left made significant advances in the 1990s and 2000s when the sixties generation moved into positions of power. The book also explores how the media represents and influences social change.

Author Biography

Julian Petley is Professor of Film and Television Studies at Brunel University.

Table of Contents

Politics and Cultural Conflict
A New Political Generation	p. 3
The Rise of the Sixties Generation
Goodbye to the Clowns	p. 39
Defeat into Victory	p. 56
Loony Tunes
Hit and Myth	p. 85
'Hate on the Rates'	p. 108
Positive and Negative Images	p. 158
Modern Times
Slaying the Dragon	p. 187
Driven to Distraction	p. 224
The Media and the British Left
The Political Impact of the Media	p. 255
Influences on the British Media	p. 292
Index	p. 308
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