Classism

(see also White Racism)

Basics:

On the Web: Articles

On the Web: Specialized Sites

In the Library: Articles

Luttrell, Wendy. "Working-class women's ways of knowing: effects of gender, race & class," Sociology of Education 62 (1/89):33-46. Intelligence defined differently by women of different classes.

In the Library: Non-Fiction Books:

Demott, B. The Imperial Middle. Why Americans Can't Think Straight About Class (NY, 1990?).

Derber, Charles. The Pursuit of Attention: Power & Ego in Everyday Life (2nd ed.; NY: Oxford, 2000), esp. Chap. 3: "Attention for sale: the hidden privileges of class." Attention as a commodity.

Dolgon, Corey. The End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America's Paradise (NY: NYU, 2006).

Fuller, Robert W. Somebodies & Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank (Philadelphia: New Society, 2003).

Hartigan, John. Racial Situations: Class Predicaments of Whiteness in Detroit (Princeton: Princeton U, 1999).

Hooks, Bell. Where We Stand: Class Matters (NY: Routledge, 2000).

Kolko, Gabriel. Wealth & Power in America: An Analysis of Social Class & Income Distribution (NY: Praeger, 1962).

Navarro, Vicente (ed.) The Political Economy of Social Inequalities: Consequences for Health & Quality of Life (Amityville NY: Baywood, 2002).

Rowbotham, Sheila & Huw Beynon (eds.) Looking at Class: Film, Television & the Working Class in Britain (London: Rivers Oram, 2001).

Sennett, Richard & Jonathan Cobb. The Hidden Injuries of Class (NY: Knopf, 1972; NY: Norton, 1993).

In the Library: Fiction

CD & Audio:

Chapman, Tracy. "So" on her CD Matters of the Heart (Elektra, 1992).

Film & Video: