Download or read book ClassPassing written by and published by SIU Press. This book was released on with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Class-Passing draws on dozens of examples from popular culture, from old movie classics and contemporary films to print ads and cyberspace, to illustrate how flagrant displays of wealth that were once unacceptable under the old rules of behavior are now flaunted by class-passing celebrities. Book jacket.