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'Making Britain a gayer and more cultivated country': Wilson, Lee and the creative industries in the 1960s

Black, L.

Authors

L. Black



Abstract

Interrogating the Wilson administration's cultural agenda seems key given the seismic shifts assumed to characterise British society and particularly cultural life in the 1960s. Yet historians have given this little attention. Exploring Jennie Lee's tenure as Arts Minister this article discloses cultural besides financial tensions over the status and definition of the arts, both within government and between government, a vibrant artistic community and the public. Besides interpreting Wilson's government outside the declinist mainstream, it hints at links with New Labour's penchant for the creative industries and at post-industrial contexts for understanding British politics and culture.

Citation

Black, L. (2006). 'Making Britain a gayer and more cultivated country': Wilson, Lee and the creative industries in the 1960s. Contemporary British History, 20(3), 323-342. https://doi.org/10.1080/13619460500407012

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2006-09
Deposit Date Oct 22, 2008
Journal Contemporary British History
Print ISSN 1361-9462
Electronic ISSN 1743-7997
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 20
Issue 3
Pages 323-342
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13619460500407012
Keywords Arts, Culture, Creative economy, Cultural industries, Jennie Lee, Elite and popular culture.
Publisher URL http://www.journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/13619460500407012


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