Class : a graphic guide

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Title:

Author:

Harvey, Laura (Sociologist), author.

ISBN:

9781785786914

Personal Author:

Harvey, Laura (Sociologist), author.

Physical Description:

175 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Abstract:

"Sociologists Laura Harvey and Sarah Leaney and award-winning comics artist Danny Noble present an illustrated journey through the history, sociology and lived experience of class. What can class tell us about gentrification, precarious work, the role of elites in society, or access to education? How have thinkers explored class in the past, and how does it affect us today? How does class inform activism and change? Class: A Graphic Guide challenges simplistic and stigmatizing ideas about working-class people, discusses colonialist roots of class systems, and looks at how class intersects with race, sexuality, gender, disability and age. From the publishers of the bestselling Queer: A Graphic History, this is a vibrant, enjoyable introduction for students, community workers, activists and anyone who wants to understand how class functions in their own lives."-- Publisher marketing.

Subject Term:

Social classes.

Social classes -- Pictorial works.

Added Author:

Leaney, Sarah,

Noble, Danny,

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Summary

What do we mean by social class in the 21st century?

University of Brighton sociologists Laura Harvey and Sarah Leaney and award-winning comics creator Danny Noble present an utterly unique, illustrated journey through the history, sociology and lived experience of class.

What can class tell us about gentrification, precarious work, the role of elites in society, or access to education? How have thinkers explored class in the past, and how does it affect us today? How does class inform activism and change?

Class: A Graphic Guide challenges simplistic and stigmatising ideas about working-class people, discusses colonialist roots of class systems, and looks at how class intersects with race, sexuality, gender, disability and age. From the publishers of the bestselling Queer: A Graphic History , this is a vibrant, enjoyable introduction for students, community workers, activists and anyone who wants to understand how class functions in their own lives.

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Class, and the theories that seek to address it, is often at the forefront of political conversation nowadays. Unfortunately, politicians and citizens alike are often speaking past one another, using different meanings or confused definitions. In Class: A Graphic Guide, sociologists Harvey and Leaney provide some much-needed clarity by providing definitions and historical context for multiple interpretations of class as a concept. The guide is broken into three sections: mapping change and ideas over time; analyzing class in different spheres; and current debates about class. The book does not need to be read linearly and in many ways functions like a good textbook, offering just enough introduction to ideas to ensure clarity and a stable grounding for future reading and exploration. Noble provides illustrations (often darkly humorous ones) that add additional context and emotional resonance for the ideas presented textually. While the text can function on its own, the illustrations make the book more engaging than it would be otherwise. Class is a strong addition to the graphic guides series.