Gorman Growing up Working Class

Hidden Injuries and the Development of Angry White Men and Women
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-58898-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 266 Seiten

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

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

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gorman, Thomas J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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