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Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class is a non-fiction work by the British writer and political commentator Owen Jones, first published in 2011. It discusses stereotypes of sections of the British working class (and the working class as a whole) and use of the pejorative term chav.
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Aug 17, 2020 · Moving through Westminster 's lobbies and working-class communities from Dagenham to Dewsbury Moor, Jones lays bare the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature, and reveals a far more complex reality: the increasing poverty and desperation of people left abandoned by the aspirational, society-fragmenting policies of both the ...
Apr 26, 2016 · In this acclaimed investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from “salt of the earth” to “scum of the earth.”. Exposing the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature, he portrays a far more complex reality.
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May 22, 2012 · In this acclaimed investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from “salt of the earth” to “scum of the earth.”. Exposing the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature, he portrays a far more complex reality.
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Publication Date 2012-05-22. Section Politics. Type New. Format Paperback. ISBN 9781844678648. Bestselling investigation into the myth and reality of working-class life in contemporary Britain. In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule.
May 1, 2012 · This brilliant book examines the rise of ruling class hatred of the British working class. Rubbishing the working class goes hand in hand with worship of capital and capitalists. Who are the working class? Those who have to sell their labour power to live - the vast majority of the British people.
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May 22, 2012 · Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class. Owen Jones. Verso Books, May 22, 2012 - Political Science - 336 pages. In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear...
