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But the concerns of
roadening the Issues colonial intellectuals
did not enter British
cultural studies until
the 1980s. In the
70s, British cultural
studies became
obsessed with the
"style" and
behaviour of young
working-class men.
During the Thatcher period, when privatization and free market
policies became the norm, subcultures and subgroups of women and
minorities became the focus of cultural analysis seeking to expose
the impact of "liberalization" on the marginalized elements of society.
As before, the emphasis was on "reading" signs of resistance and
opposition to the dominant culture.
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