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American and British academics from working-class backgrounds have eloquently written of the constantly shifting negotiations of their own classed identities. As two female academics and the authors of this chapter, we attempt to describe and map the shifting links and disconnections we have experienced, both collectively and individually, regarding our own working-class backgrounds and our negotiations of middle-class higher education institutions in regional areas of Australia.
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Hunter, A.G., Burke, J. (2015). First in the Family. In: Michell, D., Wilson, J.Z., Archer, V. (eds) Bread and Roses. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-127-4_12
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