Snobbery - The American Version

Informationen zum Autor JOSEPH EPSTEIN is the author of the best-selling Snobbery and of Friendship , among other books, and was formerly editor of the American Scholar . His work has appeared in The New Yorker , Harper’s Magazine , the Atlantic Monthly , and other magazines. He lives in Evanston, Illinois. Klappentext Snobbery is Epstein's deliciously readable (Harper's Bazaar) collection of essays skewering all manner of elitism. Filled with dishy detail, Snobbery takes up its subject in contemporary America, examining the discriminating qualities in all. Zusammenfassung A national bestseller, Snobbery examines the discriminating qualities in all of us. With dishy detail, Joseph Epstein skewers all manner of elitism in contemporary America. He offers his arch observations of the new footholds of snobbery: food, fashion, high-achieving children, schools, politics, being with-it, name-dropping, and much more. Clever, incisive, and immensely entertaining, Snobberyexplores the shallows and depths of status and taste -- with enviable results.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Epstein
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2003
• EAN: 9780618340736
• ISBN: 978-0-618-34073-6
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; SOCIAL SCIENCE: Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / Urban, HISTORY: Social History, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Letters, PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY: Mental Health, TRUE CRIME: Historical, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / Rural, PSYCHOLOGY: Forensic Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Demography, literary collection;essays;2002;2003;2004