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Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain (PDF eBook)


Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain (PDF eBook)

eBook by Mckenzie, Lisa

Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain (PDF eBook)

£16.99

ISBN:
9781447309970
Publication Date:
14 Jan 2015
Publisher:
Bristol University Press
Imprint:
Policy Press
Pages:
224 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
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Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain (PDF eBook)

Description

While the 1% rule, poor neighbourhoods have become the subject of public concern and media scorn, blamed for society's ills. This unique book redresses the balance. Lisa Mckenzie lived on the St AnnOs estate in Nottingham for more than 20 years. Her NinsiderO status enables us to hear the stories of its residents, often wary of outsiders. St Ann's has been stigmatised as a place where gangs, guns, drugs, single mothers and those unwilling or unable to make something of their lives reside. Yet in this same community we find strong, resourceful, ambitious people who are 'getting by', often with humour and despite facing brutal austerity.

Contents

Foreword by Danny Dorling; Introduction; Being and belonging: the importance of narrative; 'Being St Ann's': an alternative value system; 'Passing by': family and community; 'A little bit of sugar': a discussion of taste; 'The roof is on fire': despair, fear and civil unrest; 'On Road, don't watch'; Conclusion; Afterword by Owen Jones

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