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Michael R. H. Swanson, Ph. D.
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AMST 355  Class and Culture
T, Th, 12:30 - 1:50
GHH 206
Roger Williams University
Fall Semester, 2010
For Tuesday, November 9             Interclass Contact and Social Mobility
Read, in Class Matters,
When Richer Weds Poorer, Money isn't the Only Difference,
(Tamara Lewin )    pp. 51-63 or
Download and Read it, From the Internet:
When Richer Weds Poorer, Money Isn't the Only Difference

Make sure you look at the interactive slide show, as well.

I'm not sure that "Classism" has made it into common usage as yet.  In fact, I'm not sure that it ever will.  The coinage follows racism and sexism so who knows, as persons become more conscious of conflicts caused as much by class as race or gender it may become as common as the words it imitates are.  No matter, the Classism website is an interesting place to spend some time, and for the beginning introduction I'm suggesting you visit the blog.  You'll get there by  clicking on the image above.

For Thursday, November 11Happy Veteran's Day!
There was a time in the 1950s and 1960s when working class characters featured prominently in popular culture--especially on television.  Lately, that seems to have gone out of favor.  In 1978 a musical based on Studs Terkel’s book, Working,  opened on Broadway.  A revival opened in the spring of 2009.  I have a recording of the original cast and we’ll take a look at that.  I recommend any of Terkel's books for those who like oral history.  I will be using Division Street America in my Urban America class next semester.  No new readings for this class.  You have a little something on Shipler to work through.
That's Studs to the right.  Click on his Picture to visit his archive at the Chicago Historical Society.   If my memory serves me, he died around the time of the last Presidential Election.  R. I. P.,  Studs