| Description |
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide (75 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) in container 27 x 23 x 4 cm |
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polychrome |
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digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Rudy Cheeks; commentators include R. Couri Hay, David Patrick Columbia, Barbara Ehrenreich, Joe Queenan, Dan Rodricks, Levi Sanders, Tom Smith, David Brooks, Bill Bear, Kenyatta Birges, Ginie Polo Sayles, Vessa Rinehart, Paul Fussell, Carlotta Miles, Michael Monte, Thomas Langhorne Phipps, Eleanor Weller, Benilde Little, Debbie Gibbs, Wayne Brown, Lawrence Otis Graham, Barbara Brannen, Valerie Lancaster Beal, "L-Bow" Tidwell, Stanley Crouch, Matt Heid, Tammy Crabtree, Dan Rodricks, Pat Gulden, John Dilulio, Bryon Smith, Kelly Conway, Tex Andrews, Marilyn Knisley, Kelley Hammers, Andrew Porter, Michael Birdwell, Steven Gaines, Curtis Powell, Dave Williams. |
| Credits |
Co-produced and edited by Peter Odabashian ; camera, Stephen McCarthy, Jefferson Miller ... [et al.] ; website design, Picture Projects. |
| Note |
Originally produced and aired as a documentary on PBS in September 2001. |
| Summary |
How do income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations, and even appearance mark someone as a member of a particular social class? In travels across the U.S. in interviews with people from diverse socioeconomic groups, this film examines how social class in America has as much influence as race or ethnicity in determining what kind of opportunities a person has in life. Discusses how social class plays a role in the lives of all Americans, whether they live in Park Avenue penthouses, Appalachian trailer parks, bayou houseboats, or suburban gated communities, and presents stories of family traditions, class mobility, and different lifestyle choices. The final segment uses Anderson High School in Austin, Texas as a microcosmic example of the social segmentation that extends throughout the macro level. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part 1. Bud or Bordeaux?: The choices you make reveal your class ; Joe Queenan's balsamic vinegar tour ; The trouble with tofu ; How to marry the rich -- Part 2. High and low: A tour through the landscape of class ; WASP lessons ; Bourgeois blues ; Tammy's story -- Part 3. Salt of the Earth: Blue collar life in a white collar world ; Gnomes R Us ; Friends in low places ; Don't get above your raisin' -- Part 4. Belonging: Understanding the rules of the game ; All you need is cash ; Most likely to succeed -- Conclusion -- Credits. |
| Note |
Teacher's guide: People like us : social class in America / by Lora Myers ; contributing editors Julie Hey, Alicia Ellis ... [et al.]. Includes introduction, program outline, pre-viewing activities, post-viewing discussion and activities, segment-related quesitons and activities, theme-based activities, appendix with bibliographical references. |
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Extras: [Deleted scenes] Trouble in paradise (3 min.); You are your stuff (3 min.); Belles, belles, belles (4 min.); More WASP lessons (2 min.); Filmmakers' bios [text feature]. |
| Form |
Additional resources, including trailer, additional scenes, teacher's guide (complete text) and bibliography available online at the PBS website ; transcript available online at the Center for New American Media website. |
| Terms Of Use |
Not permitted to digitize, stream, or othewise duplicate film without prior arrangement and explicit approval from the Center for New American Media. Digital licensing available for three years for an additional fee. |
| Subject |
Social classes -- United States.
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Social classes. |
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United States. |
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Social classes -- Case studies.
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Case studies.
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Social mobility -- Case studies.
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Social mobility. |
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Social stratification -- Case studies.
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Social stratification. |
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Class consciousness -- Case studies.
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Class consciousness. |
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Upper class -- Social conditions.
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Upper class -- Social conditions. |
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Upper class. |
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Middle class.
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Middle class. |
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Working class -- Social conditions.
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Working class -- Social conditions. |
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Working class. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971-
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1971- |
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Anderson High School (Austin, Tex.)
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Anderson High School (Austin, Tex.) |
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Austin (Tex.) -- Social life and customs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Alvarez, Louis.
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Kolker, Andrew.
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Cheeks, Rudy.
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Myers, Lora.
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Center for New American Media.
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WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
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Independent Television Service.
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CNAM Film Library.
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| Added Title |
Social class in America |
| ISBN |
9781877989436 |
| Standard No. |
825346920191 |
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