Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

Owen Jones

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

298 pages | first published 2011

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In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain’s Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goody, media and politicians alike dismiss as feckless, criminalized and ignorant a vast, underprivileg...
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