Getting By: Estates, class and culture in austerity Britain

Getting By: Estates, class and culture in austerity Britain
ISBN-10
1447309979
ISBN-13
9781447309970
Series
Getting By
Category
Social Science
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2015-01-14
Publisher
Policy Press
Authors
Lisa, McKenzie

Description

While the 1% rule, poor neighbourhoods have become the subject of public concern and media scorn, blamed for society's ills. This unique book redresses the balance. Lisa Mckenzie lived on the 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. St Ann's has been stigmatised as a place where gangs, guns, drugs, single mothers and those unwilling or unable to make something of their lives reside. Yet in this same community we find strong, resourceful, ambitious people who are 'getting by', often with humour and despite facing brutal austerity.

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