Elites, Race and Nationhood - The Branded Gentry

This book provides an ethnographic investigation of the white, upper-middle classes in Britain. It follows the Jack Wills brand to demonstrate how the internal economies of the brand forge a distinctive, elite social network made up of former public-school and Russell Group university students.

Table des matières

1. Branded Gentry
2. The Gentry Aesthetic
3. The Dialectic of Jack Wills
4. Patronage and its Conflicts
5. Convivial Privilege and Exclusion
6. Ambivalent Aspiration
7. Conclusion: Embedded Economies and Distributive Justice in Arcadia

A propos de l'auteur

Daniel R. Smith is Lecturer in Sociology at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He has published widely on social class, whiteness and popular culture.

Résumé

This book provides an ethnographic investigation of the white, upper-middle classes in Britain. It follows the Jack Wills brand to demonstrate how the internal economies of the brand forge a distinctive, elite social network made up of former public-school and Russell Group university students.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Daniel R Smith, Daniel R. Smith, Smith, D Smith, D. Smith, Daniel R. Smith
• Edition: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.01.2016, retardé
• EAN: 9781349701940
• ISBN: 978-1-349-70194-0
• Pages: 173
• Illustrations: VI, 173 p.
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Politique; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Pédagogie sociale, travail social; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie; B, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Social Inequality, Cultural Studies, Economic Sociology, Society & culture: general, Poverty, biotechnology, Social Sciences, Social & ethical issues, Development Aid, Ethnicity, Media and Communication, Sociology, general, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social Structure, Sociology: work & labour, Ethnicity Studies, Development Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, Cultural and Media Studies, general