Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Street, Brian V.
2. Bloome, David.

Description

1. xxii, 358 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. Language & social processes

Uniform title

1. Language & social processes.

Subject

1. Mass-Observation (Firm)
2. Literacy > Great Britain > History > 20th century
3. Social sciences > History > Great Britain > 20th century
4. Public opinion > Great Britain > History > 20th century
5. Social surveys > Great Britain > History > 20th century
6. Great Britain > Historiography. > 20th century

Contents

1. Foreword / Shirley Brice Heath -- Introduction: Literacy Theory and Mass-Observation -- Sect. I. An Historical Context of Mass-Observation. 1. Mass Observation from 1937 to 1981. The Historical Origins: Social and Political Contexts. The Recruitment of the Panel of Volunteers. The Years Between 1950 and 1980. The Rehabilitation of Mass-Observation. 2. Mass-Observation Revived: Writing Britain. The Re-Launch. Publicity and Funds, 1981-85. After the Hiatus, From 1986. How People Join Mass-Observation: Advertising and Recruitment. Becoming a Mass-Observer. The Directives. Organisation and Classification of Data. Changes and Developments. Connections with Other Projects. The Contemporary Mass-Observation Project and the Original Mass-Observation. 3. Mass-Observation and Anthropology. British Anthropology in the Early Twentieth Century. Mass-Observation as Anthropology at Home. Malinowski and Mass-Observation. Firth and Mass-Observation.
2. Limitations of the Anthropologists' Critiques. Pocock and Mass-Observation. Contemporary Anthropology: The Reflexive Turn. Mass-Observation as Case Studies. Mass-Observation as Literacy Practices -- Sect. II. Dialogues and Writing Practices. 4. Framing the Dialogues: Literary Practices. Reading Mass-Observation and the Nature of Knowledge. Gathering, Analysing and Writing Up the Data. Constructing the Dialogues. Final Comments on Constructing Dialogues. 5. Dialogues About Literacy Practices and the Mass-Observation Project -- Sect. III. Ordinary People Writing. 6. The Uses of Writing. 7. Power, Personhood and Crossings. 8. Writing Ourselves and Writing Britain. App. Ai. Bibliography of Original Mass-Observation Books -- App. Aii. Recent Anthologies and Edited Material -- App. Aiii. Mass-Observation Occasional Papers Series -- App. Aiv. About the Mass-Observation Archive -- App. Bi. Lists of Topics Covered in Directives Since 1981 -- App. Bii. Sample Directives --
3. App. Biii. Introductory Information for New Recruits -- App. Biv. Pseudonyms and Numbers of Correspondents Cited -- App. C. The Spring Directive 1991 -- App. D. Interview Guidance Sheet.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-303) and indexes.