Classed Intersections: Spaces, Selves, Knowledges

Its fresh approach to knowledge, space and action creates a welcome counterpoint to the casual vilification of working class people.

Munt, University of Sussex, UK 'While class is enjoying a revival in sociological and geographical analysis, the intersectional politics of class remains under-studied and under-theorized. Classed Intersections contains vibrant, insightful essays that interrogate the gender and sexual politics of class in a wide range of empirical and theoretical contexts.

Taylor's interdisciplinary collection is vital reading for anyone concerned with the intersectional politics of working-class lives. Part II Mapping Class: Location, Distinction and Belonging: Sexuality, class and geography, Yvette Taylor. Even poor gays travel: Nielsen Book Data Publisher's Summary "Classed Intersections" examines the salience, transformation and tension of class analysis at a crucial juncture when class investigation is returning to and reinventing sociological agendas.

The contributors, including both established and emerging academics, examine class as produced through combined social, cultural and economic practices. They are clear not to reify class over and above other paradigms; instead a number of key intersections are foregrounded including gender, ethnicity and sexuality.

The collection draws on a variety of methodological positions, including in-depth interviews, ethnographies, and auto-biographical approaches. It scrutinizes classed intersections across a wide range of social spheres and practices, including education and the workplace, everyday life and citizenship struggles, consumption, the family and sexuality. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index. Location, Distinction and Belonging: Exploring the effects of gentrification strategies on working class communities, Kirsteen Paton-- Privileged locations?

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Sexuality, class and geography, Yvette Taylor. Even poor gays travel: Nielsen Book Data Publisher's Summary "Classed Intersections" examines the salience, transformation and tension of class analysis at a crucial juncture when class investigation is returning to and reinventing sociological agendas.

The contributors, including both established and emerging academics, examine class as produced through combined social, cultural and economic practices.