Facing Up to the American Dream : Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation /

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The ideology of the American dream--the faith that an individual can attain success and virtue through strenuous effort--is the very soul of the American nation. According to Jennifer Hochschild, we have failed to face up to what that dream requires of our society, and yet we possess no other centra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hochschild, Jennifer L., 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1995]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
UNITED STATES.
SOCIAL CLASSES.
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT.
ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS.
RACE RELATIONS.
Classes sociales > États-Unis.
Noirs americains > Conditions economiques.
Noirs americains > Conditions sociales > 1975- ...
Rassenverhoudingen.
Sociale integratie.
Sociale situatie.
Soziale Situation
Ethnische Beziehungen
Social classes.
Race relations.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
Alienation (Social psychology)
Social mobility.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
social mobility.
Alienation (Psychologie sociale)
Mobilite sociale.
Noirs americains > Conditions sociales > 1975-
Social Alienation
Social Class
Race Relations
Social Mobility
African Americans > economics
Social classes > United States.
African Americans > Social conditions > 1975-
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
Schwärze
USA
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
United States > Race relations.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What is the American dream?
  • Rich and poor African Americans
  • "What's all the fuss about?": Blacks' and Whites' beliefs about the American dream
  • "Succeeding more" and "under the spell": affluent and poor Blacks' beleifs about the American dream
  • Beliefs about one's own life
  • Beliefs about others
  • Competitive success and collective well-being
  • Remaining under the spell
  • With one part of themselves they actually believe
  • Distorting the dream
  • Breaking the spell
  • The perversity of race and fluidity of values
  • Comparing Blacks and White immigrants
  • The future of the American dream.

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