Charlesworth examines themes of poverty and class by focusing on a particular town--Rotherham--in South Yorkshire, England, and using the personal testimony of disadvantaged people who live there, acquired through recorded interviews and conversations. He applies to their life stories the interpretative tools of philosophy and social theory, drawing in particular on the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Merleau-Ponty. Charlesworth argues the culture described in this book is not unique to Rotherham and the problems identified in this book will be familiar to economically powerless and politically dispossessed people everywhere.
Author(s): Simon J. Charlesworth
Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 324
Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
1 Introduction: Dead Man’s Town......Page 15
(b) Habitus......Page 43
(d) Doxa......Page 44
(e) Reflexivity......Page 45
1. Rotherham: a brief history......Page 46
2. Rotherham: a demographic view......Page 49
3. Rotherham: a sense of the place......Page 61
3 Class and the objectifying subject: a reflexive sociology of class experience......Page 77
4 A landscape with figures?......Page 100
5 Understanding the barriers to articulation......Page 145
6 Necessity and being working class......Page 164
7 The culture of necessity and working class speech......Page 217
8 Conclusion......Page 289
2 Introducing some concepts: practice, habitus, ethos, doxa, reflexivity......Page 309
4 A landscape with figures?......Page 311
6 Necessity and being working class......Page 314
7 The culture of necessity and working class speach......Page 316
8 Conclusion......Page 318
References......Page 319
Index......Page 324
