'Ordinary, the same as anywhere else': Notes on the management of spoiled identity in 'marginal' middle-class neighbourhoods

Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-258

  Allen, Chris ^a   Powell, Ryan ^b   Casey, Rionach ^b   Coward, Sarah ^c,d  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Identity; Neighbourhoods; Ordinariness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947217405     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038507074971     Document Type: Review

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