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035			_a(DE-B1597)490447
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072		7	_aREL017000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a305.50973 _223
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aWuthnow, Robert _eautore
245	1	0	_aAmerican Misfits and the Making of Middle-Class Respectability / _cRobert Wuthnow.
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2017
300			_a1 online resource (352 p.) : _b24 halftones.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tILLUSTRATIONS -- _tIntroduction -- _tCHAPTER 1. A Relational Approach: The Social Construction of Respect and Respectability -- _tCHAPTER 2. Worked as a Huckster: Moral Connotations of Placeless Labor -- _tCHAPTER 3. An Incurable Lunatic: Pension Politics in the Struggle for Respectability -- _tCHAPTER 4. Not a Fanatic: Zeal in the Cause of Zion -- _tCHAPTER 5. Dying Young: Immigrant Congregations as Moral Communities -- _tCHAPTER 6. Excessive Profits: Wealth, Morality, and the Common People -- _tCHAPTER 7. Naughty Children: Moral Instruction by Negative Example -- _tCHAPTER 8. Othering: Cultural Diversity and Symbolic Boundaries -- _tNotes -- _tSelected Bibliography -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aHow American respectability has been built by maligning those who don't make the gradeHow did Americans come to think of themselves as respectable members of the middle class? Was it just by earning a decent living? Or did it require something more? And if it did, what can we learn that may still apply?The quest for middle-class respectability in nineteenth-century America is usually described as a process of inculcating positive values such as honesty, hard work, independence, and cultural refinement. But clergy, educators, and community leaders also defined respectability negatively, by maligning individuals and groups-"misfits"-who deviated from accepted norms.Robert Wuthnow argues that respectability is constructed by "othering" people who do not fit into easily recognizable, socially approved categories. He demonstrates this through an in-depth examination of a wide variety of individuals and groups that became objects of derision. We meet a disabled Civil War veteran who worked as a huckster on the edges of the frontier, the wife of a lunatic who raised her family while her husband was institutionalized, an immigrant religious community accused of sedition, and a wealthy scion charged with profiteering.Unlike respected Americans who marched confidently toward worldly and heavenly success, such misfits were usually ignored in paeans about the nation. But they played an important part in the cultural work that made America, and their story is essential for understanding the "othering" that remains so much a part of American culture and politics today.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
650		0	_aGroup identity _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aMiddle class _xHistory.
650		0	_aMiddle class _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aSocial ethics _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aSocial stratification _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Comparative Religion. _2bisacsh
653			_aAmerican Dream.
653			_aAmerican culture.
653			_aAmerican middle class.
653			_aAmerican politics.
653			_aAmerican religion.
653			_achilden's literature.
653			_acongregations.
653			_aemotion.
653			_aemotional displays.
653			_ahucksters.
653			_aimmigrants.
653			_aimmigration.
653			_ainsane.
653			_ainsanity.
653			_amentally ill.
653			_amiddle class respectability.
653			_amiddle class.
653			_amisfits.
653			_anaughty children.
653			_anegative examples.
653			_anineteenth century.
653			_anineteenth-century America.
653			_aothering.
653			_apeddlers.
653			_aprofiteering.
653			_aprofiteers.
653			_areligion.
653			_arespect.
653			_arespectability.
653			_asocial interaction.
653			_asocial life.
653			_azealotry.
653			_azealots.
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400888092?locatt=mode:legacy
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400888092
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