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Description edit
Poor whites are associated with kitschy chic or dangerous perversions in mainstream culture, rather than with the realities of life under conditions of economic hardship and social disempowerment. White Trash compares the stereotypes with the social reality, unmasking the racial and class... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Dorothy Allison: Add a description of this character.
- Dr. Campbell
- Jimmy
- Helen
- Johnny
- Mccoy
- Henry Forsyth
- Black
- George
- Doris
- Daddy Glen
- Brian
- Roche
- Candyman
- Jennifer
- Beavis
- Trevor
- White
- Clinton
- Pfeil
- Laura Kipnis
- Jones
- Howard Stern
- Roseanne
- Bone
- Rousseau
- Lorena
- Boatwright
- Jerry
- Carl
- Darla
- Buck Owens
- Carrie
- Beck
- Linda Williams
- Reeder
- Tosches
- Florence Berube
- Taylor
- Yoakam
- John Wayne Bobbitt
- Mike Judge
- Adele
- Ross
- Joyce
Setting & Locations edit
- New york
- South Carolina
- Savannah
- America
- London
- United States
- Warrendale
- Bayonne
- Georgia
- Hollywood
- California
- Detroit
- Cambridge
- Ithaca
- Memphis
- Chicago
- Florida
- San Francisco
- Newark
- Augusta
- Kalifornia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wall Street
- Oklahoma
- Brownworth
First Sentence edit
"I cried," my mother tells me, "when we first drove into that trailer park and I saw where we were going to live."
Authors & Contributors edit
- Matt Wray (Editor)
- Annalee Newitz (Editor)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 305.56
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Culture
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › Minority Studies
- Books › History › Americas › United States
- Books › Entertainment › Pop Culture › Art
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