On Class - Couverture souple

Dundas, Deborah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1771964812 ISBN 13 : 9781771964814

Editeur : Biblioasis, 2024

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the 2024 Speaker's Book Award - Nominated for the 2024 Heritage Toronto Book Award - A Hamilton Review of Books Best Book of 2023

Deborah Dundas is a journalist who grew up poor and almost didn't make it to university. In On Class, she talks to writers, activists, those who work with the poor and those who are poor about what happens when we don't talk about poverty or class--and what will happen when we do.

Growing up poor, Deborah Dundas knew what it meant to want, to be hungry, and to long for social and economic dignity; she understood the crushing weight of having nothing much expected of you. But even after overcoming many of the usual barriers faced by lower- and working-class people, she still felt anxious about her place, and even in relatively safe spaces reluctant to broach the subject of class. While new social movements have generated open conversation about gender and racism, discussions of class rarely include the voices of those most deeply affected: the working class and poor.

On Class is an exploration of the ways in which we talk about class: of who tells the stories, and who doesn't, which ones tend to be repeated most often, and why this has to change. It asks the question: What don't we talk about when we don't talk about class? And what might happen if, finally, we did?

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Deborah Dundas is the Books Editor at the Toronto Star and has been contributing reviews there and to other publications for more than 18 years.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Biblioasis
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1771964812
• ISBN 13: 9781771964814
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible