Archive: Sarah Attfield

• WCP: I, Daniel Blake and The Power of Working-Class Story Telling

  Great films about the working class have the capacity to inspire political action as well as empathy. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield explains why I, Daniel Blake (2016) is

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Austerity, Films, Great Britain, I Daniel Blake, John Russo, Movies, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, United Kingdom, WCP, Welfare, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: A Future Nobel Literature Prize for a Working-Class Rapper?

  Awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature to Bob Dylan opens up the possibility that other songwriters could receive the prize. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield sheds a spotlig

  Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bob Dylan, Englistan, Grime, John Russo, Music, rap, rapper, Riz MC, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Solidarity, Not Division: Understanding London’s East End

  There is a troubling stereotype that has gained hold on either side of the Atlantic that portrays working-class people as racist and resentful. Many commentators have incorrectly attributed the woes

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: East End, Gentrification, Great Britain, Immigration, John Russo, London, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, WCP, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Greyhound Racing in Australia: The Demise of a Working-Class Pastime (and Why That’s a Good Thing)

  In Australia, dog racing provides both entertainment and jobs to working-class people, yet the practice is also rife with cruelty and abuse. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Animal Cruelty, Australia, Dog Racing, Great Britain, John Russo, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, United Kingdom, WCP, Working-Class Culture, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Art for whose Sake? Working-Class Life in Visual Art

  --- What does it mean that most museums offer few images of working-class life? The ones that do tend to show workers from the outside through middle-class perspectives. In this week's Working-Clas

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Art, Jean-François Millet, John Russo, Paintings, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, Tom Roberts, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: The Global Working Class in Art House Cinema

  Have you already finished House of Cards, Season Four? Want to learn about working-class culture around the globe but can't travel? In today's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield recommends ei

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Belgium, Cinema, Films, John Russo, Movies, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, Two Days One Night, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Estate Life: Working-Class Communities and Social Housing

  In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield writes that the public housing that many British citizens depend on faces the threat of demolition. Although some view these council estates

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Council Estates, Great Britain, John Russo, Public Housing, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Russell Brand: The Usefulness (or Not) of a Working-Class Celebrity Activist

  Using his celebrity as a megaphone, Russell Brand has brought attention to a number of working-class causes. However, commentators have frequently dismissed his activism, unable to reconcile Brand's

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Celebrity, Great Britain, John Russo, London, Mainstream Media, Public Housing, Russell Brand, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Class War: Working-Class Activists Reclaiming the Streets of London

  In London, working-class activists adopt boisterous tactics to highlight gentrification. As is often the case, British mainstream media miss the point and ridicule the protesters rather than focus o

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Class War, Gentrification, John Russo, London, Sarah Attfield, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives