Class and Culture by Rebecca Quinn

Telegraph Article - White-collar workers = the new poor?

rebecca_quinn_1 — 2014-02-23 07:46:31 UTC

Discussion over how white-collar workers are now becoming inferior to new technology in the work place.

BBC Documentary - Who Gets the Best Jobs? Birth vs. Worth

rebecca_quinn_1 — 2014-02-23 07:55:32 UTC

Richard Bilton examines the social barriers that have contributed to the UK being more unequal than at any other time in history.

In The Best Possible Taste - 4oD Series of Documentaries on Class and Taste

rebecca_quinn_1 — 2014-02-23 08:05:29 UTC

Grayson Perry is fascinated by taste: why people buy the things they do and wear the things they wear, and what they are trying to say about themselves when they make those choices. Grayson goes on safari through the taste tribes of Britain, not just to observe our taste, but to tell us in an artwork what it means. In each episode, he embeds himself with people from across the social spectrum in a bid to get to grips with our differing takes on taste.

A working-class hero is something to be … but not in Britain's posh culture

rebecca_quinn_1 — 2014-02-23 08:10:45 UTC

British culture was once open to 'messy kids' from secondary moderns. But if you want to make it in 21st century Britain, you'd best have a cut-glass accent and public school pedigree

The fractured middle: UK salary split sees übers pull ahead

rebecca_quinn_1 — 2014-02-23 08:21:30 UTC

A deep divide has opened among Britain’s high earners, with an “über-middle” elite reaping the rewards of globalisation while millions of “cling-on” professionals struggle to sustain a middle class lifestyle.

Inequality and Social Structure: A Comparison of Marx and Weber

rebecca_quinn_1 — 2014-02-23 08:23:28 UTC

Article considering the differences between Marx and Weber on class and social structures. Looks at the inequality between certain classes and the conflict that ensues.

The middle-class snobbery about being middle class

rebecca_quinn_1 — 2014-02-23 08:29:53 UTC

A third of the most well-off, high status people in society consider themselves to be working class. Maybe it's time for some new definitions?

Middle class 'use comedy to assert cultural superiority

rebecca_quinn_1 — 2014-02-23 08:34:03 UTC

Researchers believe that social hierarchy holds the key to what Britons find funny, with middle class audiences using their preferences as a form of “veiled snobbery”. The study suggests that working class people generally enjoy observational humour based on everyday life that delivers gratifying, straightforward punchlines.

Snobbery - still a beloved British hobby

rebecca_quinn_1 — 2014-02-23 08:48:04 UTC

rebecca_quinn_1 — 2014-02-23 08:49:46 UTC

'Taste is woven into our class system' Perry

rebecca_quinn_1 — 2014-02-28 14:10:00 UTC