21A.235 American Dream: Exploring Class in the U.S., Spring 2007
Americans have historically preferred to think of the United States in classless terms, as a land of economic opportunity equally open to all. Yet, social class remains a central fault line in the U.S. Subject explores the experiences and understandings of class among Americans positioned at differe...
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| description | Americans have historically preferred to think of the United States in classless terms, as a land of economic opportunity equally open to all. Yet, social class remains a central fault line in the U.S. Subject explores the experiences and understandings of class among Americans positioned at different points along the U.S. social spectrum. Considers a variety of classic frameworks for analyzing social class and uses memoirs, novels and ethnographies to gain a sense of how class is experienced in daily life and how it intersects with other forms of social difference such as race and gender. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1203352019-09-12T18:27:41Z 21A.235 American Dream: Exploring Class in the U.S., Spring 2007 American Dream: Exploring Class in the U.S. Walley, Christine Class inequality anthropology narrative ethnography marx weber bourdieu post-structuralism habitus race gender upward mobility downward mobility deindustrialization assembly line rich post war underclass 450201 Anthropology Americans have historically preferred to think of the United States in classless terms, as a land of economic opportunity equally open to all. Yet, social class remains a central fault line in the U.S. Subject explores the experiences and understandings of class among Americans positioned at different points along the U.S. social spectrum. Considers a variety of classic frameworks for analyzing social class and uses memoirs, novels and ethnographies to gain a sense of how class is experienced in daily life and how it intersects with other forms of social difference such as race and gender. 2019-02-12T14:41:19Z 2019-02-12T14:41:19Z 2007-06 2019-02-12T14:41:19Z 21A.235-Spring2007 21A.235 IMSCP-MD5-d142d7e426ee219d2a7b6d98f03717e7 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120335 en-US http://www.core.org.cn/OcwWeb/Anthropology/21A-235Spring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2019. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license") unless otherwise noted. The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ text/html Spring 2007 |
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| topic | Class inequality anthropology narrative ethnography marx weber bourdieu post-structuralism habitus race gender upward mobility downward mobility deindustrialization assembly line rich post war underclass 450201 Anthropology |
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