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Record Number
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849418
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Main Entry
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Mckenzie, Lisa.
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Title & Author
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Getting By : : Estates, class and culture in austerity Britain.
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Publication Statement
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Bristol :: Policy Press,, 2015.
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (241 pages)
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ISBN
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1447309979
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: 1447311299
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: 1447311302
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: 9781447309970
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: 9781447311294
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: 9781447311300
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1447309952
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9781447309956
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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GETTING BY; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the author; Foreword ; Introduction; The importance of narrative; Representations and value; Class injustice: disrespect, misrecognition and non-recognition; 'Broken' Britain; The myths of the 'benefit scrounger'; Working-class 'bad' behaviour; 1. St Ann's, Nottingham: a working-class story ; Introduction ; Working-class Nottingham; 'Whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not' ; Poverty: The forgotten Englishmen and '1968'; Sunshine and rain: Jamaica comes to Nottingham; Demolition and concrete ; St Ann's in the millennium.
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Once you go black you never go back Rice 'n peas 'n chicken; Respect, recognition and status; 5. 'On road, don't watch that'; Local inclusion and social exclusion; Council estates as places of safety; Safety from class prejudice; Moving out, and staying in Stannzville; 6. 'The roof is on fire': despair, fear and civil unrest; Badness and 'fuckery', fear and hostility; August 2011; Kath and Perry; Duggan verdict: 'lawful killing'; Last words: the working class -- a sorry state?; Positive namings; Local inclusion; Value; Belonging and identification; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.
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St Ann's: a neighbourhood of disadvantageEducational achievement; Local services; St Ann's, Stannzville, SV; 2. 'Being St Ann's'; Getting by, by making ends meet; Starting out; Small stories; Picking up litter; Rough and ready; Being ready ; Being and belonging to St Ann's ; 3. The missing men; Finding the missing men ; Chatting business; Passing by; Family life and value; Misha and Tyler; Unintended consequences; 4. 'A little bit of sugar' ; Gucci sunglasses; 'Whatever they think I am, I am' ; Being a person of value; Jamaicanisation; 'Black pearl precious little girl'
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Abstract
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Lisa Mckenzie lived on the notorious St Ann's estate in Nottingham for more than 20 years. Her 'insider' status enables us to hear the stories of its residents, often wary of outsiders, to give a unique account of life in poor communities in contemporary Britain.
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Mass media-- Social aspects-- Great Britain.
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Popular culture-- Great Britain.
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Social classes in mass media.
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Social classes-- Great Britain.
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Communities - Urban Groups.
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Mass media-- Social aspects.
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Popular culture.
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Social classes in mass media.
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Social classes.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- Urban.
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Social Sciences.
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Sociology Social History.
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Great Britain.
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Dewey Classification
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305.560941
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LC Classification
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HN385.5
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