Class and Contemporary British Culture is a gripping and rich account of how individuals shape their self-image and the image of others through class identification. This is presented through the use of various entertainment shows and literary works. The primary focus of this book, is thus to explore and investigate the changing landscape of class, by paying particular attention to the ‘Essex Man, Essex Girl, the squeezed middle, the sharp-elbowed middle class, the feral underclass, the white working class, the underserving poor and the selfish baby boomers’ (Biressi and Nunn, 2013). The overall aim of the book is to therefore deconstruct cultural aspects of society in order to fully understand the varying social aspects.
Immediately, the title suggests that the authors will be examining a wide range of social issues relating to British culture and class, with chapters focusing specifically on social mobility and aspiration, the revolting underclass, education, capital and choice, celebrity culture including their life styles, the upper classes, immigration and belonging and finally austerity. Based …show more content…
Not only this, but as Class and British Contemporary Culture is an excellently detailed and deeply knowledgeable book, it evidently identifies how social class, although complicated and highly contested, remains a valid way in which to understand how contemporary British culture articulates social distinction and social difference and the significant costs and investments at stake for all involved. In other words, social class is essentially reshaped into a supposedly open culture, due predominantly from cultural differentiation (Biressi and Nunn,
Immediately, the title suggests that the authors will be examining a wide range of social issues relating to British culture and class, with chapters focusing specifically on social mobility and aspiration, the revolting underclass, education, capital and choice, celebrity culture including their life styles, the upper classes, immigration and belonging and finally austerity. Based …show more content…
Not only this, but as Class and British Contemporary Culture is an excellently detailed and deeply knowledgeable book, it evidently identifies how social class, although complicated and highly contested, remains a valid way in which to understand how contemporary British culture articulates social distinction and social difference and the significant costs and investments at stake for all involved. In other words, social class is essentially reshaped into a supposedly open culture, due predominantly from cultural differentiation (Biressi and Nunn,