Uneasy Street : The Anxieties of Affluence / Rachel Sherman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherman, Rachel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rich people--United States.

Rich people.

Social classes--United States.

Social classes.

Social stratification--United States.

Social stratification.

Wealth--United States.

Wealth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : No illus.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A surprising and revealing look at how today's elite view their wealth and place in societyFrom TV's "real housewives" to The Wolf of Wall Street, our popular culture portrays the wealthy as materialistic and entitled. But what do we really know about those who live on "easy street"? In this penetrating book, Rachel Sherman draws on rare in-depth interviews that she conducted with fifty affluent New Yorkers-from hedge fund financiers and artists to stay-at-home mothers-to examine their lifestyle choices and understanding of privilege. Sherman upends images of wealthy people as invested only in accruing social advantages for themselves and their children. Instead, these liberal elites, who believe in diversity and meritocracy, feel conflicted about their position in a highly unequal society. As the distance between rich and poor widens, Uneasy Street not only explores the lives of those at the top but also sheds light on how extreme inequality comes to seem ordinary and acceptable to the rest of us.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. ORIENTATIONS TO OTHERS

2. WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORKING?

3. "A VERY EXPENSIVE ORDINARY LIFE"

4. "GIVING BACK," AWARENESS, AND IDENTITY

5. LABOR, SPENDING, AND ENTITLEMENT IN COUPLES

6. PARENTING PRIVILEGE

CONCLUSION

METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691195162

0691195161

OCLC:

1091190995