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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    10 June 2027
    30 June 2027
    ISBN:
    9781009887700
    9781009887717
    9781009887755
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    190 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    190 Pages
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We usually think of elitism as something practiced by the powerful, the famous, the 1% – a marker of superiority based on taste, knowledge, or expertise. But what if elitism is much closer to home? In It's All About You, Crispin Thurlow argues that elitism is woven into everyday language and communication. From media and travel to lifestyle culture, he shows how ordinary ways of speaking subtly reproduce ideas about status, authority, and worth. Far from being abstract or academic, these patterns shape how we judge others – and ourselves. Written in an accessible, conversational style and grounded in familiar examples, this book invites readers to recognise their own participation in elitism. In a world obsessed with distinction and hierarchy, Thurlow offers a timely and unsettling question: can we acknowledge elitism as an ordinary part of life, and begin to reflect on the language through which inequality is made normal?

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