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| '''Prole drift''', short for '''] drift''', is the trend in which | |||
| class and social signifiers of membership in the lower classes are adopted by the middle and upper classes.<ref name="class">{{cite book|last=Fussell|first=Paul|authorlink=Paul Fussell|title=Class, A Guide Through the American Status System|publisher=Ballantine|month=October|year=1983|location=New York|isbn=0-345-31816-1}}</ref> The phenomenon was discussed in a chapter of Paul Fussell's 1982 book "Class, A Guide Through the American Status System." Fussel saw prole drift as a general tendency of the culture towards proletarianization. | |||
| More recently, some observers have noted a similar phenomenon in which social and class signifiers of the upper classes have been adopted by the lower classes. Examples include sales of premium ], ] clothing or ] handbags to lower class people. In the UK, ] cars (particularly the 3 series) have seen this phenomenon, in some instances the 3 series outselling more mainstream cars such as the Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Vectra. Another example in the UK is that of ] mobile phones; these have become increasingly popular with young people after having previously been popular among business people. | |||
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