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- Offers an in-depth analysis of the experiences of twenty boys from a working-class area of Belfast who attend two different local schools
- Highlights the difficulties these young men face in reconciling various aspects of their identity
- Develops a theoretical framework that builds upon the theories of Pierre Bourdieu
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education (GED)
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“In Working class boys and educational success, Nicola Ingram vividly brings to life the struggles and conflicts faced by white working class boys as they strive for educational success in an educational system stacked against young people like them. Combining compelling ethnographic portraits with a powerful and innovative adaptation of Bourdieu's concept of habitus, she weaves a convincing and sophisticated narrative of class inequalities in 21st century Britain.” (Diane Reay, University of Cambridge, UK)
“Ingram vividly shows the complexities and tensions that play out in multiple ways for a group of white working-class teenage boys in Northern Ireland crossing different cultural boundaries. What is so profound about this book is the way Ingram interweaves the pressures on these young men to be educationally successful, but to also remain a part of one’s own community and maintain a working-class culture, which is so often seen as deficient by others. Nicola Ingram’s book is an important, fresh contribution to the long history of sociological studies on white-working class boys.” (Michael R.M. Ward, Swansea University, UK)
“Nicola Ingram vividly brings to life the struggles and conflicts faced by white working class boys as they strive for educational success in an educational system stacked against young people like them. Combining compelling ethnographic portraits with a powerful and innovative adaptation of Bourdieu's concept of habitus, she weaves a convincing and sophisticated narrative of class inequalities in 21st century Britain.” (Diane Reay, University of Cambridge, UK)
“In this rich and poignant book, Ingram pushes forward Bourdieusian theory to unpick the complexities of how working-class young men reconcile their educational success and identity across conflicting fields of home and school. Conceptually and methodologically innovative, this work will particularly appeal to sociologists of education and anyone concerned with social justice in schools.” (Louise Archer, UCL, UK)
“Avoiding the discipline's tendency towards either lionising or lamenting working-class boys, this book is a welcome breath of fresh air. Taking advantage of an astute command of Bourdieu's social theory, Ingram delivers an all too rare analysis of working-class ‘success’ in educational settings and all its attendant implications. This book is a must read for all those who knew (and those who didn't!) there had to be more to working class life than the predominant focus on boys' educational disengagement. Ingram’s work is an essential contribution to the sociologies of class, education, gender and beyond.” (Dr Steve Roberts, Monash University, Australia)
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Book Title: Working-Class Boys and Educational Success
Book Subtitle: Teenage Identities, Masculinities and Urban Schooling
Authors: Nicola Ingram
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40159-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-40158-8Published: 28 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-40159-5Published: 15 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2524-6445
Series E-ISSN: 2524-6453
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 244
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gender and Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Sociology of Education, Schools and Schooling