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We Have Never Been Middle Class by Hadas Weiss
Acute interrogation of how social perceptions, values and beliefs influence economic behaviour
Diners in denial: Luis Bunuel’s The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
SELF-STYLED “academic nomad” Hadas Weiss's first book explores culture in Germany and Israel by studying communities in-depth and over extended periods.
An anthropologist living in Spain, she uses literature review, formal ethnographic research and informal observation based on personal experience to explore the relevance and influence of the term “middle class” and her book is a scholarly but accessible exploration of a pervasive and damaging myth.
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