Life of the party : a study in sociability, community, and social inequality / Randle W. Nelsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelsen, Randle W., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality.

Social change.

Physical Description:

ix, 126 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Between the Lines, [2012]

Summary:

From a Family Birthday Celebration to football and NASCAR tailgates. From Tomboy Tools parties and Amway schemes to the political protests of disenfranchised citizens. Life of the Party explores the social inequalities-class, race, and gender-that permeate the party atmosphere. Social unrest and dissatisfaction and our continuous search for sociability and community play an important part in the life of the party and illustrate the complicated interplay between social stability and social change. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 A Family Birthday Party: Working Class Meets Middle Class, Leaving Both in Stitches 7

2 Football Tailgate Parties: Collegiate Tales of Community, Social Class, and Gender 19

3 Tomboy Tools Parties: Corporate Business, Cozy Living Rooms, Gender Stereotypes, and Networking Pyramids 33

4 Stadium Faith Parties: How Corporate Greed and Religion in Sports Creates an Architecture of Sociability Promoting Classist, Racist, and Sexist Divisions 47

5 NASCAR Tailgate Parties: Amateur Hot-Rod Subculture and Working-Class Good Times 67

6 Witch Hunts, Protest Parties, Occupiers, and the Politics of Playful Diversity 83.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781771130349

1771130342

OCLC:

801167321