Wealth, whiteness, and the matrix of privilege : the view from the country club /

Exclusive clubs are traditionally an important site for the consolidation of upper-class power. This book shows that, while the particulars of admission have changed, these clubs remain socially significant incubators. Having interviewed typically inaccessible members of exclusive clubs in the North...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sherwood, Jessica Holden, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2010.
Temas:
Clubs > Membership.
Clubs > Social aspects.
Women.
Race.
Equality.
Clubs > Aspect social.
Femmes.
women (female humans)
race (group of people)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Clubs > Social aspects
Equality
Race
Women
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Business and pleasure : the social context of exclusive clubs
  • Denials and justifications : club members account for exclusivity
  • "Similar but diverse" : explaining race and ethnicity in the clubs
  • Gender accounts, or why the golf course is the dads' domain
  • Conclusion.

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