Wealth, Whiteness, and the Matrix of Privilege

Informationen zum Autor Jessica Holden Sherwood is assistant professor of social sciences at Johnson & Wales University. Klappentext Wealth, Whiteness, and the Matrix of Privilege reports on interviews with members of exclusive country clubs in the Northeast. The club members explain their exclusive and sometimes sexist practices. Their talk both relies on and reproduces popular discourse. The author shows how club members end up justifying and maintaining their class, race, and gender privileges.

Autorentext

By Jessica Holden Sherwood

Klappentext

Wealth, Whiteness, and the Matrix of Privilege reports on interviews with members of exclusive country clubs in the Northeast. The club members explain their exclusive and sometimes sexist practices. Their talk both relies on and reproduces popular discourse. The author shows how club members end up justifying and maintaining their class, race, and gender privileges.

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Chapter 1. Business and Pleasure: The Social Context of Exclusive Clubs Chapter 2. Denials and Justifications: Club Members Account for Exclusivity Chapter 3. "Similar But Diverse:" Explaining Race and Ethnicity in the Clubs Chapter 4. Gender Accounts, Or Why the Golf Course is the Dads' Domain Chapter 5. Conclusion Chapter 6 Methodological Appendix