Class Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
What are some aspects of upper class identity?
A
- Concern with etiquette
- Employment of domestic staff
- Taste for high culture
- Participation in the social season
- Attempted social closure
- Elite social network/ Old boys network
- Attendance of private boarding schools
2
Q
What are some aspects of middle class identity?
A
- Commitment to education
- Belief in the importance of individualism
- Concern for deferred gratification
- Respect for high culture
- Social aspiration
- Social anxiety
- Conservatism
- Social comparability
3
Q
What is social class?
A
A group of people who share a similar economic situation (similar job, income, assets).
4
Q
Why is social class important?
A
Social class is linked to an individual’s life chances (a person’s chances of obtaining the things defined as desirable and avoiding the things defined as undesirable in society).
5
Q
What is habitus?
A
The cultural framework each social class possesses which covers what counts as good or bad taste.
6
Q
What are some aspects of the old working class identity?
A
- Strong sense of community
- Clear gender divisions
- Us vs them mentality
- Strong moral and family values
- Immediate gratification/Present focus
- Fatalism
7
Q
What are some aspects of the new working class identity?
A
- Privatised home-centred family lifestyle
- Work seen as means of making money
- Little sense of loyalty
- Women more likely to be employed
- High levels of home ownership
- More emphasis on consumer goods
