Whats in Your Fridge Status Symbols Socioeconomic Status
What’s in Your Fridge? : Status Symbols & Socioeconomic Status Highlighting Artists: La. Toya Ruby Frazier & Mark Menjivar
La. Toya Ruby Frazier Grandma Ruby’s Refrigerator, 2007
Grandma Ruby La. Toya Ruby Frazier Grandma Ruby, JC and Me watching Soap Operas, 2005
Braddock, PA John Fetterman: Reviving Braddock
Definitions of Terms Term Definition Social Class a statistical category to which people are assigned on the basis of income, occupation, or education a possession that indicates a person’s economic and/or social position/status. Similar to other symbols, status symbols get meaning from their cultural context. Status Symbol Socioeconomic the social class of an individual or group Status (SES) measured by things such as education, income and occupation. Social a system where individual or groups are ranked Stratification or graded into hierarchical categories layers based on wealthy, power, and prestige
Status Symbols What are some status symbols common at our school?
Things we need to consider… • • • Time of month Food inventory Other food in the home Take-out/eating out Eating patterns Number of people in the household (and their ages)
La. Toya Ruby Frazier Grandma Ruby’s Refrigerator, 2007
What’s Inside Your Fridge?
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