#72 Popular culture and the middle class takeover w/ Rhian Jones
Added 2020-01-19 14:59:40 +0000 UTCRhian Jones joins me to discuss her article in Tribune Magazine, An Enterprise Allowance of the Left which looks at the disappearance of working class voices from the arts and how the left might rebuild working class culture. We talked about how Britpop positioned working class people as uneducated and hostile to musical experimentation, the creation of institutions of cultural production and care by working class communities in the early and mid-twentieth century, and finally we chatted about why Grime was able emerge in spite of the decline of sites of working class cultural production.
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That was good. I first began to notice how working class and posh kids consumed alternative culture in the mid 60s with 'underground ' music (which became progressive music and died a horrible death). I always want to go into t'was ever thus mode, but I do think we're in a time when the posh people have more or less cleaned the plate on our creativity - not just music. Perhaps I'll write something on it (don't worry, I won't). Rhian is very interesting. I'm off to read the Tribune article now. Thank you for another brilliant episode, Alex💜x
Jane Pickering
2020-01-19 21:01:28 +0000 UTC
