Coming up short :: working-class adulthood in an age of uncertainty /
A sustained analysis of contemporary working class lives, providing a powerful and compelling perspective on several high profile issues at the forefront of public debate: economic instability, class instability, and the changing composition of the American family.
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| Zusammenfassung: | A sustained analysis of contemporary working class lives, providing a powerful and compelling perspective on several high profile issues at the forefront of public debate: economic instability, class instability, and the changing composition of the American family. This work is a sustained analysis of contemporary working class lives, providing a powerful and compelling perspective on several high profile issues at the forefront of public debate: economic instability, class instability, and the changing composition of the American family It illuminates the transition to adulthood for working-class men and women. Moving away from easy labels such as the 'Peter Pan generation, ' the author reveals the far bleaker picture of how the erosion of traditional markers of adulthood (marriage, a steady job, a house of one's own) has changed what it means to grow up as part of the post-industrial working class. Based on one hundred interviews with working-class people in two towns (Lowell, Massachusetts, and Richmond, Virginia) she sheds light on their experience of heightened economic insecurity, deepening inequality, and uncertainty about marriage and family. She argues that, for these men and women, coming of age means coming to terms with the absence of choice. As possibilities and hope contract, moving into adulthood has been re-defined as a process of personal struggle; an adult is no longer someone with a small home and a reliable car, but someone who has faced and overcome personal demons to reconstruct a transformed self. Indeed, rather than turn to politics to restore the traditional working class, this generation builds meaning and dignity through the struggle to exorcise the demons of familial abuse, mental health problems, addiction, or betrayal in past relationships. This dramatic and largely unnoticed shift reduces becoming an adult to solitary suffering, self-blame, and an endless seeking for signs of progress. This book focuses on those who are most vulnerable, the young, working-class people, including African-Americans, women, and single parents, and reveals what, in very real terms, the demise of the social safety net means to their fragile hold on the American Dream. -- |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index. |
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| contents | Preface -- Coming of age in the risk society -- Prisoners of the present : obstacles on the road to adulthood -- Insecure intimacies : love, marriage, and family in the risk society -- Hardened selves : the remaking of the American working class -- Inhabiting the mood economy -- Conclusion : the hidden injuries of risk -- Appendix -- References. |
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| spelling | Silva, Jennifer M., author aut Coming up short : working-class adulthood in an age of uncertainty / Jennifer M. Silva. New York : Oxford University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index. Preface -- Coming of age in the risk society -- Prisoners of the present : obstacles on the road to adulthood -- Insecure intimacies : love, marriage, and family in the risk society -- Hardened selves : the remaking of the American working class -- Inhabiting the mood economy -- Conclusion : the hidden injuries of risk -- Appendix -- References. A sustained analysis of contemporary working class lives, providing a powerful and compelling perspective on several high profile issues at the forefront of public debate: economic instability, class instability, and the changing composition of the American family. This work is a sustained analysis of contemporary working class lives, providing a powerful and compelling perspective on several high profile issues at the forefront of public debate: economic instability, class instability, and the changing composition of the American family It illuminates the transition to adulthood for working-class men and women. Moving away from easy labels such as the 'Peter Pan generation, ' the author reveals the far bleaker picture of how the erosion of traditional markers of adulthood (marriage, a steady job, a house of one's own) has changed what it means to grow up as part of the post-industrial working class. Based on one hundred interviews with working-class people in two towns (Lowell, Massachusetts, and Richmond, Virginia) she sheds light on their experience of heightened economic insecurity, deepening inequality, and uncertainty about marriage and family. She argues that, for these men and women, coming of age means coming to terms with the absence of choice. As possibilities and hope contract, moving into adulthood has been re-defined as a process of personal struggle; an adult is no longer someone with a small home and a reliable car, but someone who has faced and overcome personal demons to reconstruct a transformed self. Indeed, rather than turn to politics to restore the traditional working class, this generation builds meaning and dignity through the struggle to exorcise the demons of familial abuse, mental health problems, addiction, or betrayal in past relationships. This dramatic and largely unnoticed shift reduces becoming an adult to solitary suffering, self-blame, and an endless seeking for signs of progress. This book focuses on those who are most vulnerable, the young, working-class people, including African-Americans, women, and single parents, and reveals what, in very real terms, the demise of the social safety net means to their fragile hold on the American Dream. -- From publisher's website. Electronic resource viewed: February 22, 2021. Working class United States History 21st century. Working class United States Economic conditions 21st century. Working class United States Social life and customs. Travailleurs États-Unis Histoire 21e siècle. Travailleurs États-Unis Conditions économiques 21e siècle. Travailleurs États-Unis Murs et coutumes. SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies. bisacsh Working class fast Working class Economic conditions fast Working class Social life and customs fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq 2000-2099 fast Electronic books. History fast has work: Coming up short (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGj7brFvP9ft6Dvkcwqmh3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Silva, Jennifer M. Coming up short. New York : Oxford University Press, 2013 9780199931460 (DLC) 2012047890 (OCoLC)812781063 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBU FWS_PDA_EBU https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=592628 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Silva, Jennifer M. Coming up short : working-class adulthood in an age of uncertainty / Preface -- Coming of age in the risk society -- Prisoners of the present : obstacles on the road to adulthood -- Insecure intimacies : love, marriage, and family in the risk society -- Hardened selves : the remaking of the American working class -- Inhabiting the mood economy -- Conclusion : the hidden injuries of risk -- Appendix -- References. Working class United States History 21st century. Working class United States Economic conditions 21st century. Working class United States Social life and customs. Travailleurs États-Unis Histoire 21e siècle. Travailleurs États-Unis Conditions économiques 21e siècle. Travailleurs États-Unis Murs et coutumes. SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies. bisacsh Working class fast Working class Economic conditions fast Working class Social life and customs fast |
| title | Coming up short : working-class adulthood in an age of uncertainty / |
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| title_full | Coming up short : working-class adulthood in an age of uncertainty / Jennifer M. Silva. |
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| topic | Working class United States History 21st century. Working class United States Economic conditions 21st century. Working class United States Social life and customs. Travailleurs États-Unis Histoire 21e siècle. Travailleurs États-Unis Conditions économiques 21e siècle. Travailleurs États-Unis Murs et coutumes. SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies. bisacsh Working class fast Working class Economic conditions fast Working class Social life and customs fast |
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