Uneasy Street : The Anxieties of Affluence /

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A surprising and revealing look at how today's elite view their wealth and place in societyFrom TV's "real housewives" to The Wolf of Wall Street, our popular culture portrays the wealthy as materialistic and entitled. But what do we really know about those who live on "easy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sherman, Rachel, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wealth.
Social stratification.
Social classes.
Rich people.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Classes sociales > États-Unis.
Stratification sociale > États-Unis.
Riches > États-Unis.
Richesse > États-Unis.
Social classes > United States.
Social stratification > United States.
Rich people > United States.
Wealth > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Orientations to others: aspiring to the middle or recognizing privilege
  • Working hard or hardly working? Productivity and moral worth
  • A very expensive ordinary life: conflicted consumption
  • Giving back, awareness, and identity
  • Labor, spending, and entitlement in couples
  • Parenting privilege: constraint, exposure, and entitlement
  • Conclusion.

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