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Fairness, Class and Belonging in Contemporary England K. Smith

Fairness, Class and Belonging in Contemporary England By K. Smith

Fairness, Class and Belonging in Contemporary England by K. Smith

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Using experiences of the white, English, working-classes in Manchester, this book explores the local frustrations with feeling 'ignored' and 'neglected' by the government through articulations of fairness.

Fairness, Class and Belonging in Contemporary England Summary

Fairness, Class and Belonging in Contemporary England by K. Smith

Using experiences of the white, English, working-classes in Manchester, this book explores the local frustrations with feeling 'ignored' and 'neglected' by the government through articulations of fairness.

Fairness, Class and Belonging in Contemporary England Reviews

'Katherine Smith's book is a deeply insightful, sometimes painfully-honest but always riveting ethnographic account of white working class experiences of fairness, racism and the transformation of urban Britain during the early years of the twenty first century.' - Alexander Smith, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Warwick, UK

About K. Smith

KATHERINE SMITH Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester, UK. She has carried out ethnographic fieldwork in working class communities in England, researching issues to do with fairness and equality, race and ethnicity, political correctness, social class and the anthropology of humour.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: Fairness and Belonging in Contemporary England About Halleigh: Motivations and Reflections New Productions of Histories in Halleigh Whatever 'appened to Dominant Discourse? Having a Barter: Joking Relationships in Halleigh Humour, Moralities and Fairness Moving between Races and Gender Categories: Exploring Racism(s) Through the Politic of Fairness Conclusion: Beyond Fairness? Bibliography Index

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NPB9780230289741
9780230289741
0230289746
Fairness, Class and Belonging in Contemporary England by K. Smith
K. Smith
Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2012-06-28
249
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