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Working class taste
Title
Working class taste [electronic resource] / by Neil Crombie.
Published
London : TVF International, 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource (46 min.).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 10, 2014).
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Art and architecture in video). Available via World Wide Web.
This edition in English.
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Summary
Grayson Perry begins his investigation of British taste in Sunderland, a city with strong working-class traditions. Originally from a working-class background himself, Perry is interested in how our family background and the class journey we take shape the way we define ourselves through what we wear and buy, and how we live. Perry discovers a culture of flamboyant display in Sunderland, as well as some surprising 'ancestral echoes' of his own upbringing. He also confronts head-on the snobbery that surrounds many people's view of working-class taste. Finally, Perry invites all the people he meets in Sunderland down to London for an unveiling of the artwork inspired by his experiences in their city, prompting a fascinating debate about what he has chosen to reflect back to them about their taste.
Other formats
Previously released as DVD.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 14, 2014
Series
Art and architecture in video
All in the best possible taste with Grayson Perry ; series 1, episode 1
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