Wealth, Whiteness, and the Matrix of Privilege - The View From the Country Club

Informationen zum Autor By Jessica Holden Sherwood Klappentext Wealth, Whiteness, and the Matrix of Privilege reports on interviews with members of exclusive country clubs in the Northeast. The club members explain their exclusive and sometimes sexist practices. Their talk both relies on and reproduces popular discourse. The author shows how club members end up justifying and maintaining their class, race, and gender privileges. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Business and Pleasure: The Social Context of Exclusive Clubs Chapter 2. Denials and Justifications: Club Members Account for Exclusivity Chapter 3. "Similar But Diverse:" Explaining Race and Ethnicity in the Clubs Chapter 4. Gender Accounts, Or Why the Golf Course is the Dads' Domain Chapter 5. Conclusion Chapter 6 Methodological Appendix

Product details

• Authors: Jessica Holden Sherwood
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2013
• EAN: 9780739182963
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-8296-3
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social discrimination & inequality, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Race and Ethnicity, racial exclusion