Privilege: the making of an adolescent elite at St. Paul's School

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2011-11-01otherChoice Reviews Online621 citationsclosed

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Social and Cultural Dynamics Historical Education Studies Worldwide Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism

Abstract

Introduction: Democratic Inequality 1 Chapter 1. The New Elite 18 Chapter 2. Finding One's Place 41 Chapter 3. The Ease of Privilege 77 Chapter 4. Gender and the Performance of Privilege 114 Chapter 5. Learning Beowulf and Jaws 151 Conclusion 193 Methodological and Theoretical Reflections 201 Acknowledgments 207 Notes 211 Works Cited 223 Index 229

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