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Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth, 1978-
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Leisure class.
Elite (Social sciences).
Social classes.
Lifestyles.
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Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth, 1978-
Leisure class.
Elite (Social sciences).
Social classes.
Lifestyles.
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The
sum
of
small
things
: a
theory
of the
aspirational
class
/ Elizabeth Currid-Halkett.
by
Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth, 1978-
Princeton University Press, 2017.
Call #:
306.4812 C976s
Subjects
Leisure
class
.
Elite (Social sciences).
Social classes.
Lifestyles.
ISBN:
9780691162737 (hc.)
Description:
x, 254 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"In today's world, the leisure
class
has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous consumption - like eating free-range chicken and heirloom tomatoes, wearing organic cotton shirts and TOMS shoes, and listening to the Serial podcast. They use their purchasing power to hire nannies and housekeepers, to cultivate their children's growth, and to practice yoga and Pilates. Elizabeth Currid-Halkett dubs this segment of society "the
aspirational
class
" and discusses how, through deft decisions about education, health, parenting, and retirement, the
aspirational
class
reproduces wealth and upward mobility, deepening the ever-wider
class
divide. Exploring the rise of the
aspirational
class
, Currid-Halkett considers how much has changed since the 1899 publication of Thorstein Veblen's
Theory
of the Leisure
Class
. In that inflammatory classic, which coined the phrase "conspicuous consumption," Veblen described upper-class frivolities: men who used walking sticks for show, and women who bought silver flatware despite the effectiveness of cheaper aluminum utensils. Now, Currid-Halkett argues, the power of material goods as symbols of social position has diminished due to their accessibility. As a result, the
aspirational
class
has altered its consumer habits away from overt materialism to more subtle expenditures that reveal status and knowledge. These transformations influence how we all make choices. Elizabeth Currid-Halkett is a professor of public policy at the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California."--Provided by publisher.
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