Archive: Stereotypes

• WCP: The Working Class at the Oscars

  Portrayals of working-class people in popular culture often depend on stereotypes, yet this year's Oscar-nominated films are a pleasant exception. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Jack Metz

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Fences, Films, Hell or High Water, Hollywood, Jack Metzgar, John Russo, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight, Movies, Oscars, Sherry Linkon, Stereotypes, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Who is Shameless This Election Season? One TV Show’s Challenging Depiction of the Working Poor

  This election season has brought a renewed focus on the white working class that has manifested in books that engage this typically neglected demographic. This week, Georgetown professor Pamela Fox

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: John Russo, Pamela Fox, Shameless, Sherry Linkon, Stereotypes, WCP, White Working Class, Working Poor, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: White Trash, Hillbillies, and Middle-Class Stereotypes

  Why is it that every U.S. presidential election brings a renewed focus on the white working class? Two new books that shed light on this otherwise neglected demographic - White Trash: The 400-Year U

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Hillbilly Elegy, Jack Metzgar, JD Vance, John Russo, Nancy Isenberg, Poverty, Sherry Linkon, Stereotypes, WCP, White Trash, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Misrepresenting the White Working Class: What the Narrating Class Gets Wrong

  Each election season brings a stream of punditry about the white working class. As Jack Metzgar observes in this week's Working-Class Perspective, commentators try to explain their voting patterns b

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Connie Schultz, Donald Trump, Jack Metzgar, John Russo, Sarah Palin, Sherry Linkon, Stereotypes, WCP, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives