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Tables of Contents for Fear of Falling
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction The Class in the Middle
3
14
Affluence, Dread, and the Discovery of Poverty
17
40
The Problem of Problemlessness
19
3
Sociology and the Specter of Class
22
7
The Blight of Affluence
29
5
The Sources of Dread
34
4
Feminism and ``Progressive Demoralization''
38
4
Poverty Discovered
42
6
Infantilizing the Poor
48
9
The Middle Class on the Defensive
57
40
The Threat of the Left
59
5
The Intellectual Backlash
64
4
``Permissiveness'' Enters Politics
68
7
The Youth Revolt as Class Treason
75
3
The Professions as Class Fortress
78
4
Middle-Class Childraising: Ambivalence and Anxiety
82
9
The Revenge of the Lower Class
91
6
The Discovery of the Working Class
97
47
``Middle Americans'' in the Media
101
6
The Blue-Collar Stereotype
107
7
The Stereotype on the Screen
114
7
Beyond the Stereotype
121
7
Reasons for Anger
128
4
An Ancient Antagonism
132
12
The ``New Class'': A Bludgeon for the Right
144
52
The Neoconservatives and the New Class
146
8
A Cunning Sort of Treason
154
7
The New Right and the New Class
161
6
Permissiveness: The Crime of the New Class
167
6
Permissiveness vs. Traditional Values
173
10
The Poor and the Permissive State
183
13
The Yuppie Strategy
196
48
The Polarization of America
200
13
Feminism and Class Consolidation
213
10
The Consumer Binge
223
4
The Embrace of Affluence
227
4
The War Against Softness
231
5
Yuppie Guilt
236
8
The Next Great Shift
244
21
Discovering the True Elite
252
4
Rediscovering the ``Others''
256
9
Notes
265
20
Index
285