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What people wore, owned, and bought. Class made visible in objects — the coat, the watch, the apartment, the shelf, the cup of coffee.
Fashion and Material Culture
- 8.1Recession Minimalism, 1989–1993
- 8.2Grunge and Its Co-optation, 1992–1995
- 8.3Club Kids and Streetwear, 1994–1997
- 8.4Heroin Chic, the Luxury Return, and the Office Siren, 1996–2001
- 8.5Watches and Class Signals
- 8.6Working-Class Material Culture: The Morris Heights Apartment
- 8.7Elite Material Culture: The Upper East Side Apartment
- 8.8The Bookshelf as Biography
- 8.9Groceries, Bodegas, and the Food Economy, 1989–2001
- 8.10Beauty, Hair, and Grooming, 1989–2001