21A.235 American Dream: Exploring Class in the U.S., Spring 2007

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Walley, Christine
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American Dream: Exploring Class in the U.S.
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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.
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2007-06
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120335
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21A.235-Spring2007
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21A.235
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Class, inequality, anthropology, narrative, ethnography, marx, weber, bourdieu, post-structuralism, habitus, race, gender, upward mobility, downward mobility, deindustrialization, assembly line, rich, post war, underclass
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