Coming up short : working-class adulthood in an age of uncertainty /
Jennifer M. Silva.
- xii, 192 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index.
Preface -- Coming of age in the risk society -- Prisoners of the present : obstacles on the road to adulthood -- Insecure intimacies : love, marriage, and family in the risk society -- Hardened selves : the remaking of the American working class -- Inhabiting the mood economy -- Conclusion: the hidden injuries of risk -- Appendix -- References.
9780199931460 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
2012047890
Working class--History--United States--21st century. Working class--Economic conditions--United States--21st century. Working class--Social life and customs.--United States