CI: Class ID

Question 1

ao1s

Answer 1

wc - manual industrial worker, employment as important, id as extension of work
decline in traditional wc employment, class as less important
mc “superior” bc lack of traditional jobs, emphasis on prof occupation, cultural capital > working capital
2 types of upper-class, New (elite business) and Old (aristocracy)

Question 2

ao2s

Answer 2

County Durham: area of strong industrialisation, with people you worked with
Thatcher closed mines - now require ed for jobs that lead to new catagory of wc ID
occupation / having a degree / reading Shakespeare is crucial to mc id
Eton/ Cambridge/ Oxford ed. class exclusivity / Old Boy Network

Question 3

ao3s

Answer 3

importance of collective id, more so than any other class
class id is less important, look for new ways to display this other than work (leisure)
mc see themelves as culturally superior , choose thinsg to draw distinction from mc to wc
“social closure” , exclusive id

Question 4

aoEs

Answer 4

modern wc - more privatised, not just focus on community and collective
dangerous to generalise: wc roots still important in trade unions, etc.
POMO: blurring between classes bc of access to mc stuff
social blurring of culture (Opera on YouTube)