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100	1		_aHeiman, Rachel.
245	1	0	_aDriving after Class : _bAnxious Times in an American Suburb.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBerkeley : _bUniversity of California Press, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_a1 online resource (330 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCalifornia Series in Public Anthropology Series ; _vv.31
505	0		_aIntro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Common Sense in Anxious Times -- 2. Being Post-Brooklyn -- 3. Gate Expectations -- 4. Driving after Class -- 5. Vehicles for Rugged Entitlement -- 6. From White Flight to Community Might -- 7. A Conclusion, or Rather, a Commencement -- Notes -- References -- Index.
520			_aA paradoxical situation emerged at the turn of the twenty-first century: the dramatic upscaling of the suburban American dream even as the possibilities for achieving and maintaining it diminished. Having fled to the suburbs in search of affordable homes, open space, and better schools, city-raised parents found their modest homes eclipsed by McMansions, local schools and roads overburdened and underfunded, and their ability to keep up with the pressures of extravagant consumerism increasingly tenuous. How do class anxieties play out amid such disconcerting cultural, political, and economic changes? In this incisive ethnography set in a New Jersey suburb outside New York City, Rachel Heiman takes us into people's homes; their community meetings, where they debate security gates and school redistricting; and even their cars, to offer an intimate view of the tensions and uncertainties of being middle class at that time. With a gift for bringing to life the everyday workings of class in the lives of children, youth, and their parents, Heiman offers an illuminating look at the contemporary complexities of class rooted in racialized lives, hyperconsumption, and neoliberal citizenship. She argues convincingly that to understand our current economic situation we need to attend to the subtle but forceful formation of sensibilities, spaces, and habits that durably motivate people and shape their actions and outlooks. "Rugged entitlement" is Heiman's name for the middle class's sense of entitlement to a way of life that is increasingly untenable and that is accompanied by an anxious feeling that they must vigilantly pursue their own interests to maintain and further their class position. Driving after Class is a model of fine-grained ethnography that shows how families try to make sense of who they are and where they are going in a highly competitive
520	8		_aand uncertain time.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aSocial classes -- New Jersey.
650		0	_aSuburban life -- New Jersey.
650		0	_aMiddle class -- New Jersey.
650		0	_aNew Jersey -- Social conditions.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aHeiman, Rachel _tDriving after Class _dBerkeley : University of California Press,c2015 _z9780520277748
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aCalifornia Series in Public Anthropology Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1732135 _zClick to View
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