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Residual Culture Embodied: Narrating Health and Illness in a Coalfield Community

Sophie Rowland-Coomber

International Labor and Working-Class History2025https://doi.org/10.1017/s0147547924000334article
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Raymond Williams’ concept of “structure of feelings” with particular reference to the residual form, underpins experiences of deindustrialization in the embodiment of industry, gendering identities, and community values. This is a complex relationship between work, health, community and culture, where working life reached beyond the coalface. This article analyzes the significance of these interconnecting factors through the oral history accounts of former miners and residents within the Kent Coalfield. In drawing on Williams’ concept of “structure of feelings” with particular reference to “residual culture,” it reveals how ill-health was seen as “remarkable” and “traumatic,” yet equally “unremarkable” and “normal.” Having recognized the expectant inevitability of these issues, the discussion focuses on a particular understanding of community culture, social interactions and memories within the context of health and illness, which highlights the centrality embodiment in understanding deindustrialization as a process of change.

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@article{sophie2025,
  title        = {{Residual Culture Embodied: Narrating Health and Illness in a Coalfield Community}},
  author       = {Sophie Rowland-Coomber},
  journal      = {International Labor and Working-Class History},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/s0147547924000334},
}

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