Classes And Cultures
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Author | : Barbara Jensen |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2012-05-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0801464528 |
Discussions of class make many Americans uncomfortable. This accessible book makes class visible in everyday life. Solely identifying political and economic inequalities between classes offers an incomplete picture of class dynamics in America, and may not connect with people's lived experiences. In Reading Classes, Barbara Jensen explores the anguish caused by class in our society, identifying classism—or anti–working class prejudice—as a central factor in the reproduction of inequality in America. Giving voice to the experiences and inner lives of working-class people, Jensen—a community and counseling psychologist—provides an in-depth, psychologically informed examination of how class in America is created and re-created through culture, with an emphasis on how working- and middle-class cultures differ and conflict. This book is unique in its claim that working-class cultures have positive qualities that serve to keep members within them, and that can haunt those who leave them behind. Through both autobiographical reflections on her dual citizenship in the working class and middle class and the life stories of students, clients, and relatives, Jensen brings into focus the clash between the realities of working-class life and middle-class expectations for working-class people. Focusing on education, she finds that at every point in their personal development and educational history, working-class children are misunderstood, ignored, or disrespected by middle-class teachers and administrators. Education, while often hailed as a way to "cross classes," brings with it its own set of conflicts and internal struggles. These problems can lead to a divided self, resulting in alienation and suffering for the upwardly mobile student. Jensen suggests how to increase awareness of the value of working-class cultures to a truly inclusive American society at personal, professional, and societal levels.
Author | : Ross McKibbin |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780198206729 |
In this book McKibbin investigates the ways in which class culture characterised English society and intruded every aspect of life, during the period 1918-1951. He also shows the increasing effects of Americanisation on this culture.
Author | : Dr Simon Stewart |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2012-12-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1409492281 |
This book is a sociological study of a societal grouping that has the popular title ‘middle class’. It argues that it is more precise to describe the middle classes as dominant groupings, and the book draws upon a wide range of characters from such groupings. In a detailed analysis of cultural practices, those making an appearance include omnivores, carnivores, herbivores, the middle-brow, traditional culture vultures, middle class plunderers, the urban arts eclectic and the English gentleman. There is a particular focus on those expressing the ‘silver disposition’; predominantly affluent, middle-aged and white, with a taste for conspicuous consumption and established cultural forms. The book brings together a range of disparate sources on the middle classes and offers a sustained engagement with the concept of ‘culture’. It illustrates the extent to which social groups utilize the various assets at their disposal and seek to maintain the legitimacy of their cultural practices. The findings emphasise the continuing link between class and taste. Culture and the Middle Classes will be of interest to those working in the fields of class and culture across a range of disciplines, including sociology, cultural studies, social theory, media studies and cultural anthropology.
Author | : Dave Elder-Vass |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2012-04-23 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107024374 |
Argues that versions of realist and social constructionist ways of thinking about the social world are compatible with each other.
Author | : Tony Bennett |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2009-01-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134101058 |
Drawing on the first systematic study of cultural capital in contemporary Britain, Culture, Class, Distinction examines the role played by culture in the relationships between class, gender and ethnicity. Its findings promise a major revaluation of the legacy of Pierre Bourdieu’s account of the relationships between class and culture.
Author | : Ross McKibbin |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780198206729 |
In this book McKibbin investigates the ways in which class culture characterised English society and intruded every aspect of life, during the period 1918-1951. He also shows the increasing effects of Americanisation on this culture.
Author | : John H. W. Holden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780863556494 |
Author | : Teresa L. Ebert |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2015-12-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 131726228X |
"A gem of a book. Its topics are timely and provocative for cultural studies, sociology, English, literary theory, and education classes. The authors are brilliant thinkers and clear, penetrating writers." -Peter McLaren, UCLA, author of Capitalists and Conquerors: A Critical Pedagogy Against Empire Class in Culture demonstrates the power of moving beyond cultural politics to a deeper class critique of contemporary life. Making a persuasive case for class as the material logic of culture, the book is written in a double register of short critiques of life practices-from food and education to race, stem-cell research, and abortion-as well as sustained critiques of such theoretical discourses as ideology, consumption, globalization, and 9/11. Surpassing the orthodoxies of cultural studies, Class in Culture makes surprising connections among seemingly unrelated cultural events and practices and offers a groundbreaking and complex understanding of the contemporary world.
Author | : Ross McKibbin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Class Structure |
ISBN | : 9780198206729 |
Author | : Clare V. J. Griffiths |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2011-04-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199579881 |
This volume investigates the fields in British history that have been illustrated by the works of Ross McKibbin. Written by a distinguished team of scholars, it examines McKibbin's life and thought, and explores the implications of his arguments.