Sentences with phrase «upper class culture»

These elements allowed tiny apartments or houses that were shared by many relatives to seem larger, lending these interior spaces an aesthetic of grandeur that referenced upper class culture.

Not exact matches

(Unlike elite universities, the military isn't an upper - middle - class institution, so a dysfunctional sexual culture there has received less media attention.)

Given the neo-bourgeois uniformity of Belmont — marriage as the norm, infrequent divorce, very few illegitimate births — Murray finds this nonjudgmentalism «one of the more baffling features of the new - upper - class culture.»

This is very likely since the New Testament was written in a time when upper - class members of Greek culture considered a homosexual love to be a «higher» love than that of a man for a woman.

By now it has been diffused widely through upper - middle - class culture in this country, most strongly on the west coast but elsewhere as well.

There exists a new upper class that's completely disconnected from the average white American and American culture at large July 2013 One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that don't scale.

There exists a new upper class that's completely disconnected from the average white American and American culture at large The old «round pound» has ceased to be legal tender - here's what to do if you have any left

There exists a new upper class that's completely disconnected from the average white American and American culture at large

Very sharp portrayal of the «upstairs / downstairs» culture within upper class family homes.

Still, this blend of devoted all - around instructors, rigorous expectations, and a paternalistic education culture was not confined to upper - middle - class kids in elite prep schools.

After interviewing more than 50 of these gentrifiers about their school - choice process, I concluded that it is the substantive differences in parenting styles between the white, upper - middle - class parents and the nonwhite, less - affluent parents that are hindering school integration, as these parenting styles directly affect school culture and expectations.

The upper and middle classes send their children to school with all the accouterments of the culture of power; children from other kinds of families operate within perfectly wonderful and viable cultures but not cultures that carry the codes or rules of power.

The empirical research indicates that gentrification can result in the restructuring of urban neighborhoods through the displacement of low - income residents of color, the loss of their culture and institutions, and the influx of middle to upper - class whites.

How do the conflicting cultures of upper - middle - class Berkeley and working - class Oakland clash in the novel?

While buying ready prepared food outside the home has been an intrinsic part of urban culture in Europe from the earliest of days (as can be seen by the many thermopoliums in Pompeii), in the modern era, in general the upper classes, especially the women, would not have chosen to eat a meal outside of a private home - except in the direst circumstances, such as extended travel.

But the narratives that are presented in the media and popular culture normally showcase middle / upper - middle / upper class folks — aka those who could probably travel abroad.

His series of crystal - embellished mirrors mimics the security gates of Puerto Rican houses, contradictorily alluring and keeping people away, while a series of ornate sculptural works reference the belts and trophies of boxing culture; such cultural objects allude to Dzine's time spent watching boxing matches with his father as well as an out - of - reach upper - class lifestyle.

While he is generally silent in the Coyote - Road Runner shorts, he speaks with a refined accent in these solo outings (except for Hare - Breadth Hurry), introducing himself as «Wile E. Coyote — super genius», voiced with an upper - class, cultured English accent by Mel Blanc.

It is the price that the poor and vulnerable must pay for the luxury of the upper classes — for daily meat consumption, seasonless food, cheap energy, an overdose of material goods, for car culture, for large houses, for buying everything on a whim.

They have never been a part of Japanese culture, even for the upper classes.