Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class. Owen Jones

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class


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Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class Owen Jones
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Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, by Owen Jones, has received a lot of well-deserved attention. Oh, where to start on this one? Owen Jones has taken on a big job documenting the way most of the citizens of these islands are commonly portrayed. "Class is a communist concept," Margaret Thatcher told Newsweek in 1992. Our vocabulary for describing the working class has been changed to 'skanger', 'chav' or 'underclass'. Owen Jones: Why 'chavs' were the riots' scapegoats. I do not subscribe to a class conscious philosophy that suggests that I shouldn't condemn the animal cruelty involved in producing cheap meat in supermarkets. Working-class people have been de-humanized by the media, and political elite. If ever a book captured the spirit of 2011, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones must surely be it. Book Review: Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class. In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. A great new book has appeared recently about the working class in the UK. Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, by Owen Jones, Verso, June 2011. David Skelton finds this a very readable book about the demonisation of our working class, but suggests that it fails to address the big issues around job creation and welfare reform. From Little Britains Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goody, media. One, in particular, stood out; Owen Jones', sourced from his (popular) text “Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class”. Owen Jones's acclaimed first book was a definitive account of the demonisation of the working class.





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