Social mobility is a joke: Working-class women and British TV comedy on ‘the social floor’
European Journal of Cultural Studies
Published online on February 19, 2026
Abstract
European Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print.
This article examines a range of recent autosociobiographical representations of and by working-class women in the contemporary UK, focusing onRain Dogs,Chewing GumandAlma’s Not Normal. It argues that what unites these different representations – all ...
This article examines a range of recent autosociobiographical representations of and by working-class women in the contemporary UK, focusing onRain Dogs,Chewing GumandAlma’s Not Normal. It argues that what unites these different representations – all ...