Journal of Class & Culture (Journal)
The Journal of Class and Culture is a provocative theoretical and empirical intervention into debates concerning class and culture. We reject and challenge the rendering of class as an archaic concept and engage with class as a dynamic category actively shaped by the changing demands of capitalism.
Principal Editor
Deirdre O'Neill
University of Hertfordshire, UK
d.oneill3@herts.ac.uk
Assistant Editors
Michael Wayne
Brunel University, UK
michael.wayne@brunel.ac.uk
Michael Pierse
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
m.pierse@qub.ac.uk
Katie Beswick
University of Exeter, UK
k.beswick@exeter.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Steve Baker
Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK
sj.baker@ulster.ac.uk
Online Editor
Craig Johnston
Winchester University, UK
craig.johnston@winchester.ac.uk
The Journal of Class and Culture is a peer reviewed journal which aims to provide a platform for an engagement with and an analysis of the intersection of class and culture.
It takes an interdisciplinary approach, challenging existing theoretical paradigms and established ways of thinking about and discussing class. Considering class in its various forms – cultural, structural, social, and economic – the journal demonstrates the heterogenous, dynamic and multifaceted nature of class. Its approach is both analytical and explanatory, linking the power of class with the complexities involved in the way it is lived and reproduced. It approaches the question of class from both historical and contemporary perspectives as an engagement with the everyday; television programmes, theatre, education and the legal system, addressing subjects and events which might appear insignificant or disconnected, but when viewed through the lens of class, become hugely important and reveal much about the societies in which we live.
It recognizes that class as an analytical category has fallen out of favour within many areas of academia while the material impact of class continues to affect the lives of the working class who are strategically excluded from the public sphere. Questions of class do not correspond to single theories or practices nor are they geographically confined, and the journal recognizes questions of class as international, national, and regional.
Drawing on a wide and diverse range of academics and non-academics, encompassing various methodological and epistemological approaches the aim of the journal is to shape this field of research rather than follow it and in the process develop new theoretical perspectives and new methods of enquiry.
Principal Editor
Deirdre O'Neill
University of Hertfordshire, UK
d.oneill3@herts.ac.uk
Assistant Editors
Michael Wayne
Brunel University, UK
michael.wayne@brunel.ac.uk
Michael Pierse
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
m.pierse@qub.ac.uk
Katie Beswick
University of Exeter, UK
k.beswick@exeter.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Steve Baker
Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK
sj.baker@ulster.ac.uk
Online Editor
Craig Johnston
Winchester University, UK
craig.johnston@winchester.ac.uk
Principal Editor
Deirdre O'Neill
University of Hertfordshire, UK
d.oneill3@herts.ac.uk
Assistant Editors
Michael Wayne
Brunel University, UK
michael.wayne@brunel.ac.uk
Michael Pierse
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
m.pierse@qub.ac.uk
Katie Beswick
University of Exeter, UK
k.beswick@exeter.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Steve Baker
Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK
sj.baker@ulster.ac.uk
Online Editor
Craig Johnston
Winchester University, UK
craig.johnston@winchester.ac.uk
Principal Editor
Deirdre O'Neill
University of Hertfordshire, UK
d.oneill3@herts.ac.uk
Assistant Editors
Michael Wayne
Brunel University, UK
michael.wayne@brunel.ac.uk
Michael Pierse
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
m.pierse@qub.ac.uk
Katie Beswick
University of Exeter, UK
k.beswick@exeter.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Steve Baker
Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK
sj.baker@ulster.ac.uk
Online Editor
Craig Johnston
Winchester University, UK
craig.johnston@winchester.ac.uk
All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.
Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by contributors at half price.
Principal Editor
Deirdre O'Neill
University of Hertfordshire, UK
d.oneill3@herts.ac.uk
Assistant Editors
Michael Wayne
Brunel University, UK
michael.wayne@brunel.ac.uk
Michael Pierse
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
m.pierse@qub.ac.uk
Katie Beswick
University of Exeter, UK
k.beswick@exeter.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Steve Baker
Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK
sj.baker@ulster.ac.uk
Online Editor
Craig Johnston
Winchester University, UK
craig.johnston@winchester.ac.uk
Editorial Board
Guido Kirsten
Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany
Andrew Ó Baoill
National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Stephen Harper
University of Portsmouth, UK
David Archibald
University of Glasgow, UK
Daisy Richards
De Montfort University, UK
Sérgio Dias Branco
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Romana Turina
Arts University Bournemouth, UK
Lindsey German
University of Hertfordshire, UK
Jack Newsinger
University of Nottingham, UK
Christian Fuchs
University of Westminster, UK
Sonya Andermahr
University of Northampton, UK
Anthony Killick
Liverpool John Moore, UK
Laura Bisaillon
University of Toronto, Canada
Michael Sanders
University of Manchester, UK
Alex Lockwood
University of Sunderland, UK
Carole Binns
University of Bradford, UK
Paul O’Connell
SOAS University of London, UK
Sarah Attfield
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Peter Shukie
University Centre Blackburn College, UK
Teresa Crew
Bangor University, UK
Emma Penney
University College Dublin, Ireland
Seán Murray
Independent Academic & Filmmaker
Paula Stone
Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Advisory Board
Julie Matthaei
Wellesley College, USA
Freyja McCreery
University of York, UK
Craig Batty
University of South Australia, Australia
James Newton
University of Kent, UK
Diane Reay
University of Cambridge, UK
Rachel Broady
Liverpool John Moores, UK
Steve Hall
Newcastle University, UK
Christian Fuchs
University of Westminster, UK
Clare Ross
Liverpool University, UK
Craig Johnston
Winchester University, UK
David Alderson
University of Manchester, UK
Martina Topić
Leeds Beckett University, UK
Verity Archer
Federation University Australia, Australia
Paul Long
Birmingham City University.
Mandy Clare
Cheshire West and Chester Council, UK
Mark Mckenna
Staffordshire University, UK
Ian Duckett
Convenor: Learning and Skills Research Network: East Anglia
Katie Reid
University of Law, UK
Principal Editor
Deirdre O'Neill
University of Hertfordshire, UK
d.oneill3@herts.ac.uk
Assistant Editors
Michael Wayne
Brunel University, UK
michael.wayne@brunel.ac.uk
Michael Pierse
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
m.pierse@qub.ac.uk
Katie Beswick
University of Exeter, UK
k.beswick@exeter.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Steve Baker
Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK
sj.baker@ulster.ac.uk
Online Editor
Craig Johnston
Winchester University, UK
craig.johnston@winchester.ac.uk
Principal Editor
Deirdre O'Neill
University of Hertfordshire, UK
d.oneill3@herts.ac.uk
Assistant Editors
Michael Wayne
Brunel University, UK
michael.wayne@brunel.ac.uk
Michael Pierse
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
m.pierse@qub.ac.uk
Katie Beswick
University of Exeter, UK
k.beswick@exeter.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Steve Baker
Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK
sj.baker@ulster.ac.uk
Online Editor
Craig Johnston
Winchester University, UK
craig.johnston@winchester.ac.uk