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Author: Joseph Epstein
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book

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Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.3 x 0.8

ISBN: 0618340734
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.50973
UPC: 046442340731
EAN: 9780618340736
ASIN: 0618340734

Publication Date: July 7, 2003
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Product Description
A national bestseller, Snobbery examines the discriminating qualities in all of us. With dishy detail, Joseph Epstein skewers all manner of elitism in contemporary America. He offers his arch observations of the new footholds of snobbery: food, fashion, high-achieving children, schools, politics, being with-it, name-dropping, and much more. Clever, incisive, and immensely entertaining, Snobberyexplores the shallows and depths of status and taste -- with enviable results.

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1 out of 5 stars

Snobbery: Ther American Version August 12, 2008
I didn't find the information particularly enlightening. I had the feeling that the author was "stretching" so as to write a book. I liked his fiction more.

5 out of 5 stars

Very interesting topic. There are not many books written about Snobbery in all it forms. November 6, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

br /We've all experienced snobbery in one form or another. Its interesting to see the categories of snobbery broken down.br /br /Joseph Epstein has an insight and intelligence I have not experienced before, reading his books is like being let in on the secrets of human interaction in its many forms.br /br /Even better than "Snobbery", in my opinion is his book "Friendship: An Expose".

4 out of 5 stars

Looking in the Mirror August 27, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I loved this book! Criticized for being entertaining...as if this were a bad thing and mutually exclusive with being informative...I enjoyed chuckling along with Epstein, who openly shares his snobbery, while also deepening my understanding of snobbery in my life and in America.br /br /Epstein has it right when he says that snobbery is a result of a fear that we are not enough. And, of course, the culture we live in goes to any lengths to reinforce those fears. The ongoing anxiety of "trying to get it right" would be hilarious if it were not for the outcomes of this way of living: cruelty to others, debt, domestic violence, mistrust of each other, depression, and spiritual disconnection .....to name a few. br /br /For more information on this topic, there is a wonderful PBS documentary from a few years ago, PEOPLE LIKE US, which still has a web site with fun, informative quizzes etc. for kids adults.

2 out of 5 stars

Simply annoying. July 22, 2006
4 out of 9 found this review helpful

To mimic a sentence structure that Mr. Epstein employs ad nauseum throughout his book, a perfect storm of smug vapidness, this. The author seems to think that he can innoculate himself against the charge of being a snob himself, by admitting to it once in a while. Fair enough. But it doesn't keep him from coming off as mean (as in his treatment of the author Phyllis Rose--how ironic that he would talk about her coming across as a snob in her wonderful memoir!) and judgemental (as in his treatment of vegetarians whom, and he annoyingly waffles on this one, he seems to conclude are a self-righteous lot who have made throwing dinner parties a nuisance). br /br /Mr. Epstein is at his worst when he goes on about his fascination with fashionable coats and cigarette lighters. Boring. And pitiable, really.br /br /Sorry, but Mr. Epstein's own glaring snobbery overshadows this book of warmed over observations on the subject.

4 out of 5 stars

An enjoyable way to spend an afternoon May 24, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

This is a delightful, refreshing, and strangely insightful book. What it lacks in scope and grandeur it makes up for in readability. I'd recommend it to anyone who has been on either end of the snobbery spectrum...or perhaps to anyone who has ever spent the odd moment pondering this odd, yet irrepressible, part of human nature.

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