Class Construction: White Working-Class Student Identity in the New Millennium - Softcover

Freie, Carrie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0739115480 ISBN 13: 9780739115480

Verlag: Lexington Books, 2008

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Book by Freie Carrie

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Set against massive shifts in the global economy, which has destabilized the traditional working class,Class Construction: White Working-Class Student Identity in the New Millennium deftly probes the present and future of today's white working-class youth as they plunge forward in the midst of America's jobless recovery. Employing ethnographic methods set firmly within changing structural context, Freie's book is a "must read" for anyone who desires to learn more about the repositioning of working class youth in the midst of intesnified attendance at colleges coupled with the declining value of a college credential, the tight job market in the United States, and radically changing domestic roles inside a group traditionally wedded to hegemonic masculinity. Freie's work is sure to become a classic with respect to class rearrangement at the turn of the century. -- Lois Weis, State University of New York Distinguished Professor, author of Class Reunion: The Remaking of the American White Working Class

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Class Construction explores class, racial, and gender identity construction among white, working-class students. Delving into River City High School, Freie asks what happens to the adolescent children of working-class families when economic changes such as globalization and technological advancements have altered the face of working-class jobs. Mass consumerism, greater availability of college level education, lack of a cohesive class identity, and racial and religious politics all combine to create a new working-class identity for today's youth. Featuring interviews with the River City High School students, Class Construction aims to understand how class is conceptualized among American, working-class youths. Class Construction is ideal for courses on sociology, education, gender studies, and American studies, as well as high school educators and administrators.

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• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0739115480
• ISBN 13: 9780739115480
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 138