![]() ![]() Refrigerator, washing machine, or clothes dryer in living room, subtract 6 Transparent plastic covers on furniture, subtract 6įurniture upholstered with any metallic threads, subtract 3 ![]() Windows curtained, no rods or draw cord, add 2Īny work of art depicting cowboys, subtract 3 Windows curtained, rods, and draw cords, add 5 Original paintings, drawings, or prints by family members, subtract 4 (each) Reproductions of any Picasso painting, print or anything, subtract 2 (each) Original drawings, prints, or lithographs by internationally recognized practitioners, add 5 (each) Original paintings by internationally recognized practitioners, add 8 (each) Worn oriental rug or carpet, add 5 (each) New oriental rug or carpet, subtract 2 (each) Enjoy.īegin with a base score of 100 and then add or subtract in accordance with what you have or don’t have. To commemorate his death, I have here reproduced The Living Room Scale, which offers a helpful guide on determining an American’s social class based on the contents of his living room. The illustrated handbook to the American caste system featured games for the reader at the end. Fussell, an English professor at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote books on a variety of topics, ranging from poetry textbooks to the role of war in determining a generation’s outlook.īut it was Class: A Guide Through the American Status System (1983) that was perhaps his most readable, and certainly most controversial, book. Earlier this week cultural critic Paul Fussell died at the age of 88. ![]()
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