Description:
In Reading Classes, Barbara Jensen explores the anguish caused by class in our society, identifying classism--or anti-working class prejudice--as a central factor in the reproduction of inequality in America.
Brief description: Barbara Jensen is a Licensed Counseling and Community Psychologist who counsels mixed-class couples and professionals from working-class backgrounds in Minneapolis. She also works in a variety of community settings including schools, psychiatric facilities, and homeless shelters.
Review Quotes:
With keen insights into the values, attitudes, and struggles of both the working and middle classes, she has written a work that seamlessly melds the personal with the theoretical.... An enlightening read on the consequences of classism in America, for the middle class this book effectively shatters the myopic cultural lens through which they often view, judge, and justify the subjugation of the working class. For the working class, it is an affirmation of their cultures, lifestyles, and labors. A companion for the class 'cross-overs, ' it's a must-read for teachers, psychologists, and social workers.
--Elissa Mugianis "ForeWord Reviews"