The Reproduction of Privilege: Young Women, the Family and Private Education
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| Title: | The Reproduction of Privilege: Young Women, the Family and Private Education |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Maxwell, Claire, Aggleton, Peter |
| Source: | International Studies in Sociology of Education. 2014 24(2):189-209. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Advantaged, Social Class, Private Education, Guidelines, Womens Education, Females, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Family Role, School Role, Longitudinal Studies, Qualitative Research, Interviews, Boarding Schools, Student Attitudes, Self Concept |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom (England) |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09620214.2014.919091 |
| ISSN: | 0962-0214 |
| Abstract: | The paper examines processes of cultural production and reproduction among members of the elite and upper-middle classes. Drawing on findings from a study of private education in England, it explores the utility of a conceptual framework to examine how practices in and across different sites may be reproductive of various forms of "privilege". Three domains in particular - family, the school and individual young women's projects of the self - together shape key meanings and orientations informing young women's lives. These meanings and orientations in turn connect to "privileging practices", both within each domain and beyond. The paper analyses data from three young women in one of the schools studied to illustrate how the framework may be used to examine privately educated young women's different orientations to the present and the future. Findings point to some of the processes through which class and gender privilege may be variably reproduced. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 56 |
| Entry Date: | 2014 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1030261 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The paper examines processes of cultural production and reproduction among members of the elite and upper-middle classes. Drawing on findings from a study of private education in England, it explores the utility of a conceptual framework to examine how practices in and across different sites may be reproductive of various forms of "privilege". Three domains in particular - family, the school and individual young women's projects of the self - together shape key meanings and orientations informing young women's lives. These meanings and orientations in turn connect to "privileging practices", both within each domain and beyond. The paper analyses data from three young women in one of the schools studied to illustrate how the framework may be used to examine privately educated young women's different orientations to the present and the future. Findings point to some of the processes through which class and gender privilege may be variably reproduced. |
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| ISSN: | 0962-0214 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09620214.2014.919091 |
