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Bodies, Sexuality and the "Modernization" of the British Working Classes, 1920s to 1960s.

A neglected aspect of the perceived ‘embourgeoisement’ of the British working-classes in the 1950s was the representation of a blurring of class difference around questions of sexuality. In different ways, female bodies and sexuality in the postwar period became a means of talking about changing cla...

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Published in:International Labor & Working-Class History no. 69; pp. 104 - 123
Main Author: Brooke, Stephen
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press Spring2006
Subjects:
Working class
Working class women
Femininity
Class identity
Social status
Social classes
United Kingdom
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