Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

Owen Jones

298 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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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