Growing up Working Class

Presents a rich, engaging, and vulnerable personal narrative from an author who grew up in the milieu he seeks to investigate
Speaks to a timely topic - in the face of rising populism, white nationalism, and disenchantment with the status quo political order and a globalized, modernizing world
Engages with sociological and social-psychological theory and strengthened by census tract data, social media data, and the author's lifelong research on social class, education, families, and sports

Autorentext
Thomas J. Gorman is Associate Professor of Sociology at Queens College, The City University of New York, USA.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Where Does the Concrete End?: The Local Context of the Hidden Injuries of Class.- 3. Education: The Hidden Injuries of Class Begin.- 4. The Injuries Continue Into Adulthood.- 5. Friends and Sports: The Injuries Escalate and Become Personal.- 6. Structure and Culture: The Macro Context of Growing Up Working Class.- 7. Facebook: A Reunion of Angry (and Not so Angry).- 8. Conclusions: Hard and Settled Living, Self-Confidence, and The Development of Angry (and Not so Angry) White Working-Class Men and Women.