Hollingworth, Sumi (2019) Social mixing in urban schools: class, race and exchange-value friendships. The Sociological Review. ISSN 0038-0261
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Based on empirical, qualitative research on ‘social mixing’ in multi-ethnic London schools, this paper argues for a conceptualisation of social mixing as an exchange of the self. Through analysis of three working-class, minority ethnic students who attempt to ‘cross borders’ into White middle-class subcultures, I explore the differing capital value embodied in their raced, classed and gendered identity positions. Friendships across this border are characterised by ‘semi-investments’ on both sides, and promise only partial possibilities for social mobility via social mixing, though limited access to academic capital and embodied Whiteness.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | social mix, friendship, value, social class, ethnicity, youth, education |
Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 360 Social problems & services; associations 300 Social sciences > 370 Education |
Department: | Library Services and Special Collections |
Depositing User: | Michael Stringer |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2020 14:24 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2020 11:22 |
URI: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/5436 |
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