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- Provides a unique analysis of how elite schools harness globalization in the interests of privilege and power
- Dissects the global forces, connections and imaginations they activate in the service of social class
- Examines elite schools, in former British Empire colonies, through a postcolonial lens
- Shows how histories, principals, curriculum and students are implicated in class formations and relations over time and place
- Develops and deploys the distinctive method —multi-sited global ethnography
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Awarded 2nd Prize in the Society of Educational Studies Annual Book Prize
Elite schools have always been social choreographers par excellence. The world over, they put together highly dexterous performances as they stage and restage changing relations of ruling. They are adept at aligning their social choreographies to shifting historical conditions and cultural tastes. In multiple theatres, they now regularly rehearse the irregular art of being global. Elite schools around the world are positioned at the intersecting pinnacles of various scales, systems and regimes of social, cultural, political and economic power. They have much in common but are also diverse. They illustrate how various modalities of power are enjoyed and put to work and how educational and social inequalities are shaped and shifted. They, thus, speak to the social zeitgeist. Thisbook dissects this intricate choreography.
Reviews
“This book is truly a virtuoso performance by Kenway and colleagues. I loved it. Empirically rich, methodologically imaginative and beautifully crafted, Class Choreographies, Elite Schools and Globalisation delivers genuinely original insights into the ongoing work of making and performing class through elite schools as they navigate global processes. Without doubt this book will be a marker for all future work in this area.” (Susan L. Robertson, Professor, Sociology of Education, University of Cambridge, UK)
“Class Choreographies, Elite Schools and Globalization is a truly brilliant volume. Focusing on how global processes have continued to shape historically elite schools in Australia, Barbados, England, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, and South Africa, the authors dig deeply into as yet uncharted territory while setting the stage for future longitudinal work. The volume represents a critically important contribution to research on social class construction amidstnew global circumstances. It is a must-read for all who are interested in new forms of globally-situated class, race/ethnic and gender intersectionality.” (Lois Weis, State University of New York Distinguished Professor, University at Buffalo, USA)
“When is an investigation into a minority an enquiry into the state of the world? When the minority are an influential elite, when the world is one of global flows, when the investigators are sensitive and skilled observers. Scholarly books are not usually page-turners, but this is exceptional. A completely absorbing account of cultural finesse at a key moment of social reproduction: formal education.” (Marilyn Strathern, Social Anthropology, Cambridge University, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Jane Kenway
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Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Johannah Fahey
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School of Education, University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom
Debbie Epstein
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Faculty of Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Aaron Koh
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African American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
Cameron McCarthy
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Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia
Fazal Rizvi
About the authors
Johannah Fahey is Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia.
Debbie Epstein, Professor of Cultural Studies in Education at Roehampton University, UK, became an academic after a career in school teaching.
Aaron Koh is Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Administration and Policy, Hong Kong.
Cameron McCarthy is Research Professor and University Scholar in the Global Studies in Education Division of the Educational Policy Department of the University of Illinois, USA.
Fazal Rizvi is Professor in Global Studies in Education at The University of Melbourne, Australia and is also an Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Class Choreographies
Book Subtitle: Elite Schools and Globalization
Authors: Jane Kenway, Johannah Fahey, Debbie Epstein, Aaron Koh, Cameron McCarthy, Fazal Rizvi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54961-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54960-0Published: 01 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54963-1Published: 17 January 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54961-7Published: 04 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 281
Topics: Globalization, Social Structure, Social Inequality, International and Comparative Education, Sociology of Education, History of Education, Schools and Schooling