Class. Wounder on the status system of America

Paul Fassel, a Peselist on the history of culture and literature, fascinatingly talks about social classes in America. Although most Americans feel that a considerable part of their thoughts and actions is prompted by their status considerations, the idea of ​​the class is embarrassed. In the USA there is no system of inherited titles and ranks, each generation has to re -determine the hierarchy. Class differences are so vague and difficult to doubt the very existence of a class structure. Fassel describes in detail the lifestyle of each class, how its representatives dress, prefer to conduct leisure, where they live, what education they receive. Considering the visible features of representatives of different social classes, he focuses on those that reflect their conscious choice, and does not concern issues of racial relations or, with rare exceptions, religion and politics. With one glance at a person you cannot determine whether he is a “Roman Catholic” or “liberal”, instead your eyes notes “manually a painted cervical scarf”, “a lousy polyester shirt”, and your ear captures the words “parameters” or “ Regarding . Trying to deal with such indicators, the Fassel is guided not by any scientific method, but rather instinct and sensations.
The book will be interesting to both sociologists, culturalists, and a wide circle of readers