Elites, race and nationhood : the branded gentry
By: Smith, Daniel R
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BookPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, c2016.Description: vi, 173 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781137509604Subject(s): Elite (Social sciences) -- Great Britain | Social classes -- Great Britain | Ethnicity -- Great Britain | Group identity -- Great Britain | Nationalism -- Great Britain | Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | Brand name products -- Social aspects -- Great BritainDDC classification: 305.5/20941 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
This book provides an ethnographic investigation of the white, upper-middle classes in Britain. It follows the Jack Wills brand to demonstrate how the internal economies of the brand forge a distinctive, elite social network made up of former public-school and Russell Group university students.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 305.520941 SM EL (Browse shelf) | Available | T0054632 |
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Includes index.
Branded gentry -- The gentry aesthetic -- The dialectic of Jack Wills -- Patronage and its conflicts -- Convivial privilege and exclusion -- Ambivalent aspiration -- Conclusion: embedded economies and distributive justice in Arcadia.
This book provides an ethnographic investigation of the white, upper-middle classes in Britain. It follows the Jack Wills brand to demonstrate how the internal economies of the brand forge a distinctive, elite social network made up of former public-school and Russell Group university students.