{"product_id":"keeping-the-faith-a-history-of-northern-soul-9781526160416","title":"Keeping the Faith: A History of Northern Soul","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1970s, Northern Soul held a pivotal position in British youth culture. Originating in the English North and Midlands in the late-1960s, by the mid-1970s it was attracting thousands of enthusiasts across the country. This book is a social history of Northern Soul, examining the origins and development of this music scene, its clubs, publications and practices. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorthern Soul emerged in a period when working class communities were beginning to be transformed by deindustrialisation and the rise of new political movements around the politics of race, gender and locality. Locating Northern Soul in these shifting economic and social contexts of the English North and Midlands in the 1970s, the authors argue that people kept the faith not just with music, but with a culture that was connected to wider aspects of work, home, relationships and social identities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on an expansive range of sources, including oral histories, magazines and fanzines, diaries and letters, this book offers a detailed and empathetic reading of a working class culture that was created and consumed by thousands of young people in the 1970s. The authors highlight the complex ways in which class, race and gender identities acted as forces for both unity and fragmentation on the dancefloors of iconic clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, Blackpool Mecca, the Torch in Stoke-on-Trent, the Catacombs in Wolverhampton and the Casino in Wigan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarking a significant contribution to the historiography of youth culture, this book is essential reading for those interested in popular music and everyday life in postwar Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Keeping the Faith’s chronological examination of northern soul’s first phase is extensively researched. Stephen Catterall and Keith Gildart deliver a history that presents an untold story that is indispensable for the understanding of an overlooked youth culture and influential underground music scene. Overall, it is a thought-provoking study which will no doubt influence the direction of futureresearch and provides a template for study into other neglected areas of popularmusic.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Catterall and Gildart successfully present a nuanced picture of the heterogeneous everyday practices and rituals of northern soul in the 1970s. They indeed deliver on the aim of writing an unapologetically empathetic history from below, and persuasively using this case study to consider how to tell a story of working-class identity which focuses on leisure and pleasure rather than the traditional area of employment. It is an expansive contribution to the ongoing work by social historians of modern Britain and members of the Subcultures Network — including the authors — to take working-class leisure and identity seriously as categories of analysis for social change.'\u003cbr\u003eFreya Marshall Payne, \u003ci\u003eTwentieth Century British History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'With this pathbreaking contribution, they have shown the significance of Northern Soul, and will hopefully inspire a new generation of historians to explore the many aspects of this and other comparable scenes and subcultures.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire\u003c\/i\u003e, Marc Collinson\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e1 Mods, Motown and ‘rare soul’ in northern England \u003cbr\u003e2 In the days before Wigan \u003cbr\u003e3 The beating heart of soul: Wigan Casino \u003cbr\u003e4 Soul explosion, fragmentation and decline \u003cbr\u003e5 The chosen few: the experience and practice of northern\u003cbr\u003esoul \u003cbr\u003e6 Locating northern soul: place, class and identity \u003cbr\u003e7 Race, gender, sexuality and the politics of northern soul \u003cbr\u003e8 Going back and checking it out: myth, legacy, history and\u003cbr\u003enostalgia \u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041025163607,"sku":"9781526160416","price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526160416.jpg?v=1750948647","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/keeping-the-faith-a-history-of-northern-soul-9781526160416","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}