Fairness, Class and Belonging in Contemporary England [Hardcover]

Using experiences of the white, English, working-classes in Manchester, this book explores the local frustrations with feeling 'ignored' and 'neglected' by the government through articulations of fairness.Acknowledgements Introduction: Fairness and Belonging in Contemporary England About Halleigh: Motivations and Reflections New Productions of Histories in Halleigh Whatever 'appened to Dominant Discourse? Having a Barter: Joking Relationships in Halleigh Humour, Moralities and Fairness Moving between Races and Gender Categories: Exploring Racism(s) Through the Politic of Fairness Conclusion: Beyond Fairness? Bibliography Index

'Katherine Smith's book is a deeply insightful, sometimes painfully-honest but always riveting ethnographic account of white working class experiences of fairness, racism and the transformation of urban Britain during the early years of the twenty first century.' - Alexander Smith, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Warwick, UK

KATHERINE SMITH Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester, UK. She has carried out ethnographic fieldwork in working class communities in England, researching issues to do with fairness and equality, race and ethnicity, political correctness, social class and the anthropology of humour.