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Class in Literature

Thoughts on Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Kristoff and WuDunn

February 7, 2020 by Will Meyer Leave a Comment

An essay adapted from Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, the new book by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, appeared in the paper’s Sunday Review section on January 9th. Focusing on “deaths of despair” occurring in the Oregon county where Kristof has roots, the piece tries to square common tropes about how […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class in Literature, Class in the Media, Classism, Cultural capital, Dismantlng Classism

Classism in Literature: Poor Boy Syndrome

March 2, 2017 by Julia Gerhardt 2 Comments

In the song “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Freddy Mercury sings, “I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy.” He’s right, you don’t. Yet, it seems that in the literary world, poor boys are the ones who receive all the sympathy. It did not dawn on me until I took the class Working Class Women’s Literature at Goucher […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class in Literature, Women and Class Tagged With: academia, classism, poverty, sexism, stereotypes, working class

Social Class and a Writing Conference

March 2, 2017 by Lita Kurth Leave a Comment

Though not all writing conferences are expensive, many are. A number try, essentially, to take money from those who can afford it to subsidize those who can’t – a worthy policy.  But one still tends to meet more wealthy people than poor at a writing conference. Last summer, I attended one on the East Coast that […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class in Literature, Class prejudice, Classism, Pop Culture Classism Tagged With: poverty, privilege, snobs, working class

Lessons from a Class Straddler: Upward Mobility in Literature

July 18, 2013 by Robin Brooks Leave a Comment

Are you a straddler like me? According to Alfred Lubrano’s Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams, a straddler is a person who was reared in a working class background but now enjoys a middle-class standard of living. Whether you are a straddler or not, you have come across one, more than likely, either in real life, […]

Filed Under: Class in Literature Tagged With: class cultures, classism, racism, straddlers

“Wishing for Heaven”: Cross-Class Relationships and Contemporary Culture

November 1, 2012 by Robin Brooks 1 Comment

Class representations are present in many aspects of contemporary culture. Think about the latest TV sitcoms, five star movies, and literary novels. Sure, the word “class” may not be used always, but hints of class or class indicators, such as income, education, occupation, and power, certainly appear in one form or another. Cross-class relationships in […]

Filed Under: Class in Literature, Cross-class Relationships, Pop Culture Classism Tagged With: cross-class, middle class, working class

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