Category Archives: Class and the Media

White Trash, Hillbillies, and Middle-Class Stereotypes

Posted on September 19, 2016 by

During election years white people who do not have bachelor’s degrees (the increasingly common definition of “the working class”) become both a somewhat exotic who-knew-they-were-here-and-in-such-large-numbers object of discussion and a target for freewheeling social psychologizing. Thus, it is more than … Continue reading →

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Solidarity, not Division: Understanding London’s East End

Posted on September 12, 2016 by

The East End of London has a long history of working-class community. It has been a place of industry, where the river Thames and the river Lea have provided work for many people. The area attracted many immigrants, including workers … Continue reading →

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Justice for Hillsborough: Working-Class Solidarity Prevails

Posted on May 9, 2016 by

“When you walk through a storm, Hold your head up high. And don’t be afraid, of the dark, At the end of the storm. There’s a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark…” ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, … Continue reading →

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Parts and Wholes: Unpacking Reports of White Working-Class Death Rates

Posted on May 2, 2016 by

The white working class has been getting a lot of attention lately — not just for how they’re voting in primary elections, but also for dying at increasingly high rates.  As we might expect, a lot of this attention is … Continue reading →

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Art for whose Sake? Working-Class Life in Visual Art

Posted on April 25, 2016 by

A recent article on Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet art installation at the Guggenheim Museum in New York focused on the huge amounts of money that contemporary art can fetch, and concluded that the monetary value of such art highlights economic … Continue reading →

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From Paula Jones to Trailer Parks: Journalists’ Class Blind Spots

Posted on April 18, 2016 by

  In 1996, James Carville was asked what he thought about Paula Jones’s claims of being sexually assaulted by Bill Clinton. He said, “Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you’ll find.” The liberal press … Continue reading →

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Happy Valley: Cops, Killers, and Working-Class Community

Posted on April 11, 2016 by

  It begins with landscape, the look and feel of industrial West Yorkshire. The smaller towns nestle in valleys between green hills crossed by dry-stone walls and narrow roads.  The Calder Valley, where the river once powered the woolen mills … Continue reading →

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