Youth, Class and Intersectionality

  • Alan France
  • Steven Roberts
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Abstract

A major criticism of class studies has been that in prioritising class other inequalities are marginalised and given less attention. This logic has (perhaps inadvertently) been influential in marginalising class in the analysis of young people’s lives. We suggest that recent theoretical and empirical developments in sociology that use a Bourdieusian approach can show the intersection between class and other inequalities, and illuminate how class changes the very nature and experiences of other inequalities. We suggest that by drawing on these approaches youth sociology could also gain greater insight into the intersection of class for indigenous populations such as the young New Zealand Māori and young people from Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait backgrounds.

Keywords

Youth Intersectionality Class Gender Race Indigenous Māori Aboriginal and Torres Strait 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Alan France
    • 1
  • Steven Roberts
    • 2
  1. 1.School of Social SciencesUniversity of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand
  2. 2.Monash UniversityClaytonAustralia

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