Awarded 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention in Media & Cultural
Studies



With the resurgent interest in his work today, this is a timely
reevaluation of this foundational figure in Cultural Studies, a
critical but friendly review of both Hoggart's work and reputation.




Re-examines the reputation of one of the
?inventors? of Cultural Studies

Uses new archival sources to critically evaluate Hoggart's
contribution and influence, set his work in context, and determine
its current relevance

Addresses detractors and their positions of Hoggart,
delineating long-term ideological battles within academia

Brings cultural studies, literary criticism, and social history
to bear on this figure whose interests spread across disciplines,
to create a text which blends many threads into a coherent
whole