Smith begins with a lengthy engagement with two French philosophers, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Pierre Bourdieu. At ease with Jerusalem being in close engagement with Paris, Smith introduces these thinkers well and his exposition of them deftly illuminates their thinking and his own project. Illustrative side-bars drawing on literature, film and television use exemplars such as Downton Abbey and The King’s Speech to help ease the reader into the theoretical intricacies in view. Other examples are