{"product_id":"illusive-identity-thomas-j-edward-walker-9780739103487","title":"Illusive Identity: The Blurring of Working-Class Consciousness in Modern Western Culture","description":"Illusive Identity is a transnational exploration of the evolution of working-class consciousness within modern Western culture. The work traces how the rise of popular culture blurred the definition and dulled the influence of class identity in Europe and the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Chapters tackling changing class consciousness in Britain, Germany, Italy, and the United States offer rich insight into the movement from a traditional community-based social identity to a modern consumer-based culture; a mass culture influenced by industrialization, new social institutions, and the powerful imagery of new media. Illusive Identity vividly demonstrates the transformative impact of modernity on the laboring classes, as advertising, entertainment, and the rise of the popular press replaced traditionally shared narratives about the nature of work with a new and liberating cultural paradigm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas J. Edward Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0739103482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780739103487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.44w x 0.64d","brand":"Thomas J. Edward Walker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44860102148351,"sku":"9780739103487","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3bd060c8-b305-4560-a66b-6ae1f0b2f569.jpg?v=1709135401","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/illusive-identity-thomas-j-edward-walker-9780739103487","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}