And in The End

A 1980s Liverpool Youth Magazine

Bibliographic Data

ID2409168
AuthorsJohn Grant (0000-0003-0936-6482, Liverpool Hope University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume22
Issue6
Pages631-640
Publication date2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCulture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/15327086221107332
OpenAlexW4283767533
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

This article will examine the 1980s magazine The End first published in Liverpool by young people following 2 years of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative election victory in 1979. The End editors and contributors have previously been discussed within popular culture, but there is a lack of academic consideration of the magazine itself. The End has been absorbed within the wider 'Casual Cultural' appraisal-soccer subcultures of fashion and 'terrace culture.' The End stands alone as it embraced the difficult life experiences of school leavers and endeavored to apply a humorous and acidly sarcastic twist to the dull consequences of unemployment and economic recession. This paper will explore the social, economic, and industrial landscape at the time of The End's inception and capture the thoughts and motivations of those who first published the magazine. An exploration will examine the devastation of one industry as a representation of many businesses and manufacturing plants in Liverpool that relocated or ceased trading in the early 1980s. It explores the multi-layered texture and observational humor within The End

Advertising · Business · Casual · Economic growth · Economics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Recession · Representation (politics · Sociology · Unemployment · Victory · Cinema and Media Studies · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · History · Law · Music History and Culture

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