“Social class positioning influences all aspects of everyday interaction – how to talk, if to talk and when, whom to trust, whether or not to plan or risk, what can or cannot be done, how to belong, and who to… — 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 middle class self is not just a matter of individual attitudes or beliefs; it is an… — 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 to plan or risk, what can or cannot be done, how to belong, and who to be. Of course, how people respond to these social interactions depends on how social class intersects with the meanings and… — 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 Image
“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 Image
