Richard Hoggart was a British academic whose work centered around the study of popular culture. His seminal book, "The Uses of Literacy" (1957), explored the lives of ordinary people, values, and cultural expressions of working-class communities in Britain.
Raymond Williams, another influential figure in cultural studies, wrote extensively on the role of culture in society. In works like "Culture and Society" (1958) and "The Long Revolution" (1961), Williams argued for the importance of understanding culture as a whole way of life, which includes the experiences and contributions of the working class.
Both Richard Hoggart and Raymond Williams were key figures in the development of Cultural Studies as a discipline, and both had a particular interest in the ways in which "the masses," or working-class people, are represented in literature and other forms of media.
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