21A.235 American Dream: Exploring Class in the U.S., Spring 2007
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Walley, Christine
Alternative Title
American Dream: Exploring Class in the U.S.
Date Issued
June 2007
Abstract
Americans have historically preferred to think of the United States in classless terms, as a land of economic opportunity equally open to all. Yet, social class remains a central fault line in the U.S. Subject explores the experiences and understandings of class among Americans positioned at different points along the U.S. social spectrum. Considers a variety of classic frameworks for analyzing social class and uses memoirs, novels and ethnographies to gain a sense of how class is experienced in daily life and how it intersects with other forms of social difference such as race and gender.
Subjects
Class
inequality
anthropology
narrative
ethnography
marx
weber
bourdieu
post-structuralism
habitus
race
gender
upward mobility
downward mobility
deindustrialization
assembly line
rich
post war
underclass
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Program
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