The Color of Class : : Poor Whites and the Paradox of Privilege /

The Color of Class : : Poor Whites and the Paradox of Privilege / / Kirby Moss.

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"Even though we lived a few blocks away in our neighborhood or sat a seat or two away in elementary school, a vast chasm of class and racial difference separated us from them."-From the IntroductionWhat is it like to be white, poor, and socially marginalized while, at the same time, surrou...

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Moss, Kirby,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]
©2003
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Setting: Midway, U.S.A., an Unassuming City?
  • 2 School: Learning to Live Up to the Paragon
  • 3 Encounters: Intersections and Collisions
  • 4 Income and Work: Making Ends Meet, Barely
  • 5 Encounters: Changing Contexts, Changing Characters
  • 6 Home: Sheltered by Whiteness
  • 7 Encounters: Uncommon Class Commonalities
  • 8 Deconstructing the Color of Class
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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