Blue-Collar Pop Culture: From NASCAR to Jersey Shore [2 volumes]

From television, film, and music to sports, comics, and everyday life, this book provides a comprehensive view of working-class culture in America.

The terms "blue collar" and "working class" remain incredibly vague in the United States, especially in pop culture, where they are used to express and connote different things at different times. Interestingly, most Americans are, in reality, members of the working class, even if they do not necessarily think of themselves that way. Perhaps the ...