Life of the Party: A Study in Sociability, Community, and Social Inequality - Softcover

Nelsen, Randle W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1771130342 ISBN 13: 9781771130349

Verlag: BETWEEN THE LINES, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

"How do social class, race-ethnic, and gender differences promote social inequality in our everyday lives? Life of the Party begins with a family birthday celebration as a prelude to examining several other party contexts -- tailgates of college footballand race car fans, home sales gatherings of tool-buying women, as well as parties fueled by the religious fervour of professional sports owners and the political protests of disenfranchised citizens. What is revealed is the social inequality grounded in social class, racial-ethnic and gender differences accompanying and permeating the party atmosphere. Social unrest and dissatisfaction, as well as our continuous search for sociability and community, are all found to be present as well-springs of the party as carnival. This book will be of value to students of society, professional and amateur alike, interested in understanding the complicated interplay between social stability and social change"--Pub. desc.

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Randle W. Nelsen is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario. He is the author of a number of books, many of them on issues of education and popular culture. He is the co-editor of one of BTL’s earliest publications, Reading, Writing, and Riches: Education and the Socio-Economic Order in North America.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: BETWEEN THE LINES
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1771130342
• ISBN 13: 9781771130349
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 126
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