White Middle-Class Identities and Urban Schooling

2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-22401-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 201 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences

This book examines experiences and implications of 'against-the-grain' school choices, where white middle class families choose ordinary and 'low performing' secondary schools for their children. It offers a unique view of identity formation, taking in matters like family history, locality and whiteness.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reay, D.

Crozier, G.

James, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: The White Middle Classes in the Twenty-First Century – Identities Under Siege? 2. White Middle Class Identity Formation: Theory and Practice 3. Family History, Class Practices and Habitus 4. Habitus as a Sense of Place 5. Against-the-Grain School Choice in Neoliberal Times 6. A Darker Shade of Pale: Whiteness as Integral to Middle Class Identity 7. The Psychosocial: Ambivalences and Anxieties of Privilege 8. Young People and the Urban Comprehensive: Remaking Cosmopolitan Citizens or Reproducing Hegemonic White Middle Class 9. 9. Values? Reinvigorating Democracy: Middle Class Moralities in Neoliberal Times Conclusion: Appendix 1: Methods and Methodology Appendix 2: Parental Occupations and Sector Appendix 3: The Sample Families in Terms of ACORN Categories References

Über Autor(innen)

Author Diane Reay: Diane Reay is Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. She has previously published Activating Participation: Parents and Teachers Working Towards Partnership (co-edited with Gill Crozier).