Negotiating Privilege and Identity in Educational Contexts
by Howard, Adam
Recent efforts emphasize the roles that privilege and elite education play in shaping affluent youths' identities. Despite various backgrounds, the common qualities shared among the eight adolescents showcased in this book lead them to form particular understandings of self, others, and the world around them that serve as means for them to negotiate their privilege. These self-understandings are crucial for them to feel more at ease with being privileged, foster a positive sense of self, and re…
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- Full title :Negotiating Privilege and Identity in Educational Contexts.
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Recent efforts emphasize the roles that privilege and elite education play in shaping affluent youths' identities. Despite various backgrounds, the common qualities shared among the eight adolescents showcased in this book lead them to form particular understandings of self, others, and the world around them that serve as means for them to negotiate their privilege. These self-understandings are crucial for them to feel more at ease with being privileged, foster a positive sense of self, and reduce the negative feelings associated with their advantages - thus managing expectations for futur.
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- Publication Date:©2014
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- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1306861136, 9781306861137, 9781315775609, 1315775603, 9781317687948, 1317687949, 9781317687924, 1317687922, 9781317687931, 1317687930, 9781138024687, 1138024686, 9781138286931, 1138286931
- DOI:10.4324/9781315775609
- oclc:ocn881367602
- LC Classification:LC4941
- Dewey Decimal:371.826/210973
Table of Contents
1. Making privilege visible -- 2. Meredith : confidently traveling / with Anna Caron [and others] -- 3. Herman : a scripted life / with Cynthia Garvin [and others] -- 4. Kayla : dribbling toward the goal / with Adrienne Bowles [and others] -- 5. Marcus : on his own / with Courtney Erskine [and others] -- 6. Sarah : alone in the crowd / with Ian Borthwick [and others] -- 7. Leo : uncertain future, certain success / with Annie Chen -- 8. Olive : creating her own space / with Annie Chen -- 9. Jacob : dancing through life / with Kelsey Cromie -- 10. Negotiating privilege -- 11. Transforming self-understandings / with Kelsey Cromie.
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