Week 14: Social Class in America

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

—Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own (1929)

Tu 11.23
Read: ALL—p. 250-329; eR—“Scenes from a Recession” from This American Life (2009)
In-Class: Watch—People Like Us: Social Class in America (2001); Preview—Persuasive essay
Due: Journal 7

Th 11.25
No class—Thanksgiving 

UPCOMING:
 

WEEK 15: PASTIMES IN AMERICA 

Tu 11.30
Read: CR—“Erotica and Pornography” by Gloria Steinem, “Against Exercise” by Mark Grief, “Indelible Love: My Son's Tattoos and Me” by Lois Desocio, Prologue from Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger; eR—“Scenes from a Mall” from This American Life (2008)
In-Class: Watch—A Fistful of Quarters: The King of Kong (2007); Preview—Process essay

Th 12.2
Read: CR— Excerpt from Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life by Richard Ben Cramer, “On Anticipation” by Alain de Botton, “Why We Crave Horror Movies” by Stephen King
In-Class: Reading discussion; Final exam prep

Sa 12.4
Final exam: BBC 220 @ 8 AM (Bring a large yellow book)