Reading Classes On Culture and Classism in America

Name: Reading Classes On Culture and Classism in America
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ISBN: 9780801477799

ISBN-10: 0801477794

ISBN-13: 9780801477799

Edition: 2012

Authors: Barbara Jensen

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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…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 5/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

Barbara Jensen is a Licensed Counseling and Community Psychologist who counsels mixed-class couples and professionals from working-class backgrounds in Minneapolis. She also works in a variety of community settings including schools, psychiatric facilities, and homeless shelters.



Acknowledgments


Prologue: What Part of Fridley Are You From?



Getting Class



The Invisible Ism



Belonging versus Becoming



Behaving versus Blooming



Identity and Resistance



Across the Great Divide



Pain in the Promised Land



Gathering in Glenville


Notes


References


Index