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Fussell’s primary objective with this book is neither to inform or entertain, but to tease the readers about their class and attendant insecurities. Teasing wel
by cossatot 6y ago
Fussell’s primary objective with this book is neither to inform or entertain, but to tease the readers about their class and attendant insecurities. Teasing well of course requires more accuracy than simple satire because the readers have to recognize enough of themselves to feel targeted.
- 082349872349872 6y agoThe teasing was also true of Mmm-mmiss Mmitford's "Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy": excessive worry about U vs. non-U is decidedly non-U... (compare Orwell's [middle class] notion of "Crimestop")