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The Place of Imagery in the Transmission of Culture: The Banners of the Durham Coalfield

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The Durham Miners Gala is an annual event at which the associated branches of the Durham Miners Association carry their banners to a rally held in the city of Durham. The imagery displayed on those banners is representative of the class struggle to create a trade union that would represent and protect individuals and communities against the vagaries of the unbridled capitalism of the nineteenth century. In this way a tradition (and culture) was created not by social or political elites, but developed from ground level to counteract attempts to subsume them into a dominant ideology that saw them as little more than serfs.

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  • Wray, David, 2009. "The Place of Imagery in the Transmission of Culture: The Banners of the Durham Coalfield," International Labor and Working-Class History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 76(1), pages 147-163, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:ilawch:v:76:y:2009:i:01:p:147-163_99
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