Shi li
Subtitle: dang dai Meiguo shang liu she hui jie du
By: Ai'lisitan zhu ; Xiao Rong, Dong Xinmei yi = Snobbery : the American version / Joseph Epstein
Edition: Di 1 ban
Publisher: She hui ke xue wen xian chu ban she
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Beijing
Language: chi
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9787802305427
Subjects: Social status; Snobs and snobbishness; Zhong deng zi chan jie ji; Yan jiu
Other titles: Dang dai Meiguo shang liu she hui jie du
Work titles: Snobbery
Description: Joseph Epstein's witty new book surveys American snobbery after the fall of the old Wasp culture of prep schools, Ivy League colleges, cotillions, debutante balls, the Social Register, and the rest of it. With ample humor and insight, Epstein uncovers the new outlets upon which the old snobbery has fastened: food and wine, fashion, high-achieving children, schools, politics, health, being with-it, name-dropping, and much else, including the roles of Jews and homosexuals in the development of snobbery. Playing throughout the book is the question of whether snobbery is part of human nature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.