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The inequalities of a class society do not end with economic inequality: indeed, economics may not necessarily be the most meaningful way to talk about class.
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(Q) The inequalities of a class society do not end with economic inequality: indeed, economics may not necessarily be the most meaningful way to talk about class. Rather, in the complex interplay between economic and cultural configurations of class, it may be cultural factors which are the more apparent indicators of class distinction and class inequality (Lawler, 1999, 4). Examine the implications of this argument for understanding the inter-relationship of class and gender. Introduction Specifically my investigation will centre on cultural capital, as cited in Lawler's statement, and the implication for class and gender, due to the assertion of 'cultural factors the more apparent indicators of class distinction and class inequality.' Thus I shall first examine class and its connotations. A subdivision of this initial section shall draw on Skegg's work of the disidentification of class among a sample of working class women and how the working and middle classes observe and implicate...
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