Color of Class Poor Whites and the Paradox of Privilege

Name: Color of Class Poor Whites and the Paradox of Privilege
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ISBN: 9780812218510

ISBN-10: 0812218515

ISBN-13: 9780812218510

Edition: 2003

Authors: Kirby Moss

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"Even though we lived a few blocks away in our neighborhood or sat a seat or two away in elementary school, a vast chasm of class and racial difference separated us from them."--From the Introduction What is it like to be white, poor, and socially marginalized while, at the same time, surrounded by the glowing assumption of racial privilege? Kirby Moss, an African American anthropologist and journalist, goes back to his hometown in the Midwest to examine ironies of social class in the lives of poor whites. He purposely moves beyond the most stereotypical image of white poverty in the U.S.--rural Appalachian culture--to illustrate how poor whites carve out their existence within more…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 6/9/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Introduction



Setting: Midway, U.S.A., an Unassuming City?



School: Learning to Live Up to the Paragon



Encounters: Intersections and Collisions



Income and Work: Making Ends Meet, Barely



Encounters: Changing Contexts, Changing Characters



Home: Sheltered by Whiteness



Encounters: Uncommon Class Commonalities



Deconstructing the Color of Class


Conclusion


Notes


References


Index


Acknowledgments