Beteiligte: | , , , |
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In: | Sociology, 41, 2007, 2, S. 239-258 |
veröffentlicht: |
SAGE Publications
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 239-258 |
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ISSN: |
0038-0385
1469-8684 |
DOI: | 10.1177/0038038507074971 |
veröffentlicht in: | Sociology |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Schlagwörter: | |
Kollektion: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p>Urban sociologists are becoming increasingly interested in neighbourhood as a source of middle-class identity. Par ticular emphasis is currently being given to two types of middle-class neighbourhood; gentrified urban neighbourhoods of'distinction' and inconspicuous `suburban landscapes of privilege'. However, there has been a dear th of work on `marginal' middle-class neighbourhoods that are similarly `inconspicuous' rather than distinctive, but less exclusive, thus containing sources of `spoiled identity'. This ar ticle draws on data gathered from two `marginal' middle-class neighbourhoods that contained a par ticular source of `spoiled identity': social renters. Urban sociological analyses of neighbour responses to these situations highlight a process of dis-identification with the maligned object, which exacerbates neighbour differences. Our analysis of data from the `marginal' m idd le-class neighbourhoods suggests something entirely different and Goffmanesque. This entailed the management of spoiled identity, which emphasized similarities rather than differences between neighbours.</jats:p> |