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Uneasy Street - The Anxieties of Affluence (Hardcover, 2nd edition) Loot Price: R661
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Uneasy Street - The Anxieties of Affluence (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Rachel Sherman

Uneasy Street - The Anxieties of Affluence (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

Rachel Sherman

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A surprising and revealing look at how today's elite view their own wealth and place in society From 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 street"? In this penetrating book, Rachel Sherman draws on rare in-depth interviews that she conducted with fifty affluent New Yorkers--including hedge fund financiers and corporate lawyers, professors and artists, and stay-at-home mothers--to examine their lifestyle choices and their understanding of privilege. Sherman upends images of wealthy people as invested only in accruing and displaying social advantages for themselves and their children. Instead, these liberal elites, who believe in diversity and meritocracy, feel conflicted about their position in a highly unequal society. They wish to be "normal," describing their consumption as reasonable and basic and comparing themselves to those who have more than they do rather than those with less. These New Yorkers also want to see themselves as hard workers who give back and raise children with good values, and they avoid talking about money. Although their experiences differ depending on a range of factors, including whether their wealth was earned or inherited, these elites generally depict themselves as productive and prudent, and therefore morally worthy, while the undeserving rich are lazy, ostentatious, and snobbish. Sherman argues that this ethical distinction between "good" and "bad" wealthy people characterizes American culture more broadly, and that it perpetuates rather than challenges economic inequality. As the distance between rich and poor widens, Uneasy Street not only explores the real lives of those at the top but also sheds light on how extreme inequality comes to seem ordinary and acceptable to the rest of us.

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Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2017
First published: 2017
Authors: Rachel Sherman
Dimensions: 235 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages: 328
Edition: 2nd edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-16550-9
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General
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LSN: 0-691-16550-5
Barcode: 9780691165509

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