Thomas J. Gorman

Growing up Working Class (eBook, PDF)

Hidden Injuries and the Development of Angry White Men and Women

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Presents a rich, engaging, and vulnerable personal narrative from an author who grew up in the milieu he seeks to investigate

Speaks to a timely topic - in the face of rising populism, white nationalism, and disenchantment with the status quo political order and a globalized, modernizing world

Engages with sociological and social-psychological theory and strengthened by census tract data, social media data, and the author's lifelong research on social class, education, families, and sports

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319588988
• Artikelnr.: 53058040

Autorenporträt

Thomas J. Gorman is Associate Professor of Sociology at Queens College, The City University of New York, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.- 2. Where Does the Concrete End?: The Local Context of the Hidden Injuries of Class.- 3. Education: The Hidden Injuries of Class Begin.- 4. The Injuries Continue Into Adulthood.- 5. Friends and Sports: The Injuries Escalate and Become Personal.- 6. Structure and Culture: The Macro Context of Growing Up Working Class.- 7. Facebook: A Reunion of Angry (and Not so Angry).- 8. Conclusions: Hard and Settled Living, Self-Confidence, and The Development of Angry (and Not so Angry) White Working-Class Men and Women.

Rezensionen

"The book provides rich potential to explore the nuances of racially homogenous class experiences and related perspectives around self-esteem, education, relationship formation, family trauma (e.g., alcoholism), and other hidden injuries of class." (Meghan Burke, Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 48 (5), September, 2019)
"Nostalgia rolled back to me faster than the B-express train as I read Queens College sociologist Thomas J. Gorman's Growing Up Working Class. ... the book is erected around a compelling thesis: How the 'hidden injuries of class' follow working-class kids into adulthood ... . what I admire most in Gorman's book are his astute autobiographical observations. He successfully evokes the claustrophobic, frustrating, exhilarating, painful, sometimes menacing, and just plain loud world of working-class New York." (Alfred Lubrano, Journal of Working Class Studies, Vol. 3 (2), December, 2018)

"Gorman's book ... is an autoethnography embedded in sociological theories and concepts (including Sennett and Cobb's [1972] hidden injuries of class). The premise of this well-written book is simple: the author shows how sociology has allowed him to look back and understand what happened in his life. ... Gorman gathered rich and differentiated material which comprises memories, informal interviews, social media hangouts, and biographical materials, such as a letter cited in full and a complete study program." (Kamil Luczaj, Acta Sociologica, 2018)

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