“To attain, and to keep, a professional-managerial job requires class-specific human capital. Developing and displaying that capital is a central preoccupation of upper-middle class life.” — Susan T. Fiske Copy Share Image
“Social class positioning influences all aspects of everyday interaction – how to talk, if to talk and when, whom to trust, whether or not… — Susan T. Fiske Copy Share
“The middle-class standard of the independent self has increasingly become the default American standard for how to think, feel and act in the world…this… — Susan T. Fiske Copy Share
“To attain, and to keep, a professional-managerial job requires class-specific human capital. Developing and displaying that capital is a central preoccupation of upper-middle class… — Susan T. Fiske Copy Share
