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| The United States
is frequently described as a middle-class society and we hear
the description so often that we assume we know what it means.
But when people actually try to define the terms middle class
and middle-class society, it is hard to find workable definitions
that actually agree with the facts. This course will look at some of the attempts to define the middle class and we will look at the problems these definitions produce. In the process we will learn a few things about the role of class in modern societies and we might even figure out if the middle class really exists. |
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Required Texts (Available for Purchase): Ehrenreich, Fear of Falling. |
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Thursday, 30 August, Discussion of first papers. See Assignment. Tuesday & Thursday, 4 & 6 September, Discussion of Fear of Falling. Tuesday & Thursday, 11 & 13 September, Paper Tutorial Sessions. See Assignment. Tuesday & Thursday, 18 & 20 September, Discussion of Aristotle and Marx. Tuesday & Thursday, 25 & 27 September, Paper Tutorial Sessions. See Assignment. Tuesday & Thursday, 2 & 4 October, Discussion of Imagining the Middle Class. Tuesday & Thursday, 9 & 11 October, Further Discussion of Imagining the Middle Class. Tuesday & Thursday, 16 & 18 October, Paper Tutorial Sessions. See Assignment. Tuesday & Thursday, 30 October & 1 November, Discussion of First Research Assignment. See Assignment. Tuesday & Thursday, 6 & 8 November, Discussion of White Collar. Tuesdays, 13 November, Further Discussion of White Collar. Tuesday, 20 November, Paper Tutorial Session. See Assignment. Tuesday & Thursday, 27 & 29 November, Discussion of Second Research Assignment. See Assignment. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4, 6, 11 & 13 December, Final Paper Presentations. See Assignment. |
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