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| a system of power based of relative power, property, and prestige |
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| What did Fussell explain? |
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| Social class, visible and audible signs of social class. Apperance, and how it can explain what social class we're from. |
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| Hierarchy and social class |
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| Socially manners and traditions learned from birth from family, it's dificult to escape the social class you were born into. |
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| Attitude and Appearance in social class |
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| Attitude best guess to a person's social class. |
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| don't have lots of ideas because they already made it, don't feel the need to impress others |
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| want to be well thought of, keep up appearance, live in fear of criticism |
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| Out of sight, houses not seen from street, hides from journalsism |
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| Similar to top out of sights, doesn't earn own money, carries very little cash |
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| earns lots of money, can be newly rich, very visible, houses showy, speaks more than one language, never pays compliments, life comfortable and entertaining |
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| earned wealth, law/business/medical, conservative sexaul display, everyone wishes they were this class |
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| terrified of what others think of them, obsessed with doing everything right, most snobs, laughs at own jokes, concerned about moving down the ladder |
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| fear of moving down social ladder |
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| lower middle (high proles) |
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| used to be in middle until they became wage worker, some white collar but low level white collar, usually salesmen or restaurant managers or nurses, wallets bulge with proof of how great their life is |
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| middle proles and low proles |
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| bus drivers middle and unskilled labor is low proles. the wider gap between work clothes and bests the lower the gap |
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| Where are there the most overweight people? |
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| Lower prole four times more obese, three prole classes are the fattest |
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| social class appearnances |
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| top 4 classes appear to be thin, elite wear scarves, layers show thinness, upper middle wear gray and khaki and navy, proles wear purple and designer jeans with heels and clothing with ads |
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