What exactly does a social entertainer do?
Could be a celebrity who takes on any cause. A gifted being who coordinates social events with finesse, optimistically.
In the Canterbury tales, what is the social status of a merchant? and what exactly is a merchants profession?
Not quite sure what this is doing in the "booze" section of Y!A, lol!! A "merchant" would be a businessman: someone who sells things for a living, either from a store or wholesale (people who sold door to door were called "peddlers" and were low on the social ladder). Merchants and successful craftsmen (especially those that worked precious metals like gold or silver, and other highly-skilled workers) were the beginning of what we now call the "middle class": ordinary workers until the beginning of the 20th Century, did not make very much and were "lower class" in social and economic terms. Anyway, the merchant in Canterbury tales was most likely quite successful and therefore in the "about as rich as a non-noble or non-clergy person could get in the Middle Ages" category. The nobility was on top of the heap, followed by the clergy (a bishop or cardinal might rank as high or higher than a prince in some cases, however), and top military officers would come next in status.... followed by the middle class folks such as your merchant (who would rank as "upper middle class") and skilled craftsmen, then "freemen" (independent workers and craftsmen not bound to a particular master - free to go where they want and work for whoever would hire them. Examples: stonemasons and most musicians and entertainers not bound to a particular court), then serfs, peasants, and finally servants and slaves on the bottom rungs. The most wealthy of merchants could rank quite high in social and economic status, but no matter how rich they were, they would always be regarded as inferior socially, by the nobility and the upper ranks of the clergy.
Why do Girls seem to only care about social status?
What exactly makes someone popular?I have lots of friends and alot of people know me. Im friends with everybody,Wouldnt that me me popular?Im as nice a guy as i can be and I dont descrimanate against People.(cept if your a total jerk,but i belive people can change.). I Feel that social status is 100% imaginary(high school wise)I have friends that are considered "Cool"And friends that are considered "Dorks".I dont care I like people for who they are and not if they are on the football team or not.But it seems to not work both ways. Im a really nice guy(unfourtunantly). and I think that girls shouldnt want to date someone just because of who he hangs out with. Ive been given stupid Ultamatums since day 1 like "We can be together,but you have to quit the Comic book club and stop hanging out with such and such" All my life I felt I shouldnt have to conform and accept social status status.Are there any girls that dont care about who your friends are? Also How do i look? http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8960/0001363fb5.jpg
Cultural Representation in Social Class?
•In what ways does culture related to social class impact identity and pride within specific social classes? •In what ways does culture help keep others outside of a specific social class? •Would the answers you given make it more difficult for someone from a lower social class to “pass” as someone from a higher class or would it make it more difficult for someone from a higher social class to “pass” as someone from a lower class? Why? •Why do most people stay in the same social class into which they were born? I am asking for someone to explain what exactly is being asked. I am trying to start my paper and it seems that I am more and more confused the more I try to understand the questions.
Is it true that owning and driving cars means a “higher social status”?
I’m sure in some societies it does, but in my experience:London : No, loads of people didn’t bother to own a car, it didn’t really mean anything if you had one or not.Australia (not city centres) : Car ownership is so common and normal, that if you didn’t own one, it’s less about status than it is kind of strange. Sort of like not having a TV, it’s not a status thing, but not owning TV would be considered unusual*.I’ve see lots of American films though where it’s kind of a thing that poor people ride the bus and better-off people drive, but that’s not really the case in London, for example.I expect it’s very dependent on which society you’re in.*No get-outs about watching Netflix on your computer, it’s a TV in every sense that matters, accept it.