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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Although it's slightly dated now, one of the best books on this subject is Paul Fussell's "Class". An easy read.  Only thing I don't like is his reluctance to put himself into one of these classes and creating a small "other" class of Northeastern academics who transcend his class descriptions.[/quote]

You know he wrote that book as a humor book right? He was an English professor who studied WW1 literature. He has two social critique books that are tongue-in-cheek.[/quote]

I don't think that people do know that.

Here is a way-too-long piece about it from 2009 by Sandra Tsing Loh, who used to be funny.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/03/class-dismissed/307274/[/quote]

I always thought Fussell was more about the old vs. new money distinction, than the lower-middle-upper class distinctions.  His point was that anybody can pull off the "old money" image (Chevy Chase shack, old oriental rugs, inherited antiques and silverware). Sure, it was humorous, but it was based on solid observations so there's definitely some substance behind the humor. I agree that putting himself in some made-up class of uber-cool academics was a cop-out....[/quote]

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