The Teacup Ministry and Other Stories : : Subtle Boundaries of Class / / Rhoda H. Halperin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Halperin, Rhoda H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (152 p.)

In the global world of the twenty-first century, class boundaries are subtle and permeable, though real nonetheless. Markers of identity, authenticity, and belonging can change with a gesture or a glance, making people feel they do or don't belong in certain places, with certain people, at certain times. In these powerfully written ethnographic stories, Rhoda Halperin maps the boundaries of class by examining three themes: crossing class boundaries, class creativity, and class vulnerability. In telling these stories, Halperin draws on a wealth of ethnographic experiences in this country and abroad. Her book challenges class stereotypes in ways that touch on universals across cultures and over time.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Class Lines -- Part I: Crossing Class Boundaries -- Prologue -- Beach Badges -- A Partridge in a Pear Tree -- Sudden Death -- The Teacup Ministry -- The City House -- Part II: Class Imagination and the Creativity of Class -- Prologue -- Class Artifacts -- Interior Decoration -- City Lines -- Part III: Class Vulnerability -- Prologue -- Rehab -- The Bridal Shower -- No Legal Claim -- Epilogue SHOOBIES GO HOME -- Afterword -- Notes