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Imminent, and not transcendent. Born into something, particularly if you are loweron the totem pole. Class itself engages in discussions of imminence andtranscendence.Performativity has been classified.Is now a stamp on the novel. Identity is not inherent, but is constructed. Tends to

evacuate historical context.Retrospective voice. Emergent reckonings. Commenting on peoples performativecapabilities. Self-reflexive commentary on performance, of characters, switchback ofyoung and mature voice.Theres this concept of getting ahead in life, which arcs towards 1979 with theappearance of Margaret Thatcher, who opens up capital markets, whodenationalizes industry, and turns to a capitalist economy, which is good for Britain,but it s brought this massive change to class interaction in Britain, and to who getsahead and how. For those who think in just an economic model, thats the truebelievers, that you live this way to have a progressive and always burgeoningsociety.

Investigates social identities and the pressures on the force of human, the materialsense of how you keep up in this world which has refractive rebounding effects on asense of self. Class and self.Performance as a way to keep up. Disengaged from political action. About the Dollar,but not about Class.Puncturing of left-wing ideology around mutlticultural issuesA changing Britain in which racial identifications and longstanding issues ofEnglishness in which class was rigid and gave people senses of place, particularworking class identities, was expose for crises.Left, no longer labour, left, becoming the upper middle class, with open socialpolicies, but conservative economic policies.Maggie Thatcher died ding dong the witch is deadRolling blackouts in the nation throughout the early seventiesUnions were extraordinarily strong in the UKLong inheritances of working class were at the time instantiated, Thatcher broke theUnions. Falkland Islands.The death of Diana was a very low point for where the hierarchy was going.1994 new labour Tony Blair took labour imprint and pressure and influence andchanged itBritain had to be hip, but not in old ways of class baggage and racial baggageLondon today is ~50% nonwhite.Investigate CharlieIdentity changes with time, and changes with ages, generational change, Charlie hasa late 60s, early 70s feel to me, ambitious character who wants to move up theladder, and what is he willing to do to get there, desperation to make something ofhimself,Charlie wants Karim to be the witness to his performance.Natural parts of culture are entrapmentImmigration can intensify conservative patternings, thinking about parental at-seaness

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