No home for you here : a memoir of class and culture / Adam Theron-Lee Rensch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rensch, Adam Theron-Lee, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Ohio.

Working class.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, [2020]

Summary:

No Home for You Here is a memoir of a life lived in the shadow of Ronald Reagan. Raised in rural Ohio, Adam Theron-Lee Rensch tells the story of a millennial trying-and failing-to leave behind the shame of growing up poor in the middle of nowhere. Interweaving personal narrative and political criticism with recent social and political history, No Home for You Here shows how the interrelationship of class, culture, and identity stifles working-class solidarity by constructing an imagined cultural divide that those in power use to maintain the status quo. With one foot on each side of this division, Rensch moves between the flat horizon of the Midwest and the densely populated streets of the city, bearing witness to the tragic effects of a precarious free-market economy on family and friends. Rather than wallowing in despair, however, No Home for You Here is a timely, passionate call for class consciousness in an era of economic crisis and staggering inequality.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Imprint Page

Contents

Prologue: You Can't Go Home Again

One: The Era of Big Government Is Over

Two: White Trash Nation

Three: There Is No Such Thing as Society

Four: The Culture Wars

Five: Inheritance

Six: Conditions Are Fundamentally Sound

Seven: Deaths of Despair

Epilogue: The Stories We Tell

References

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789142624

1789142628