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Privilege, Agency and Affect

Understanding the Production and Effects of Action

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  1. Claire Maxwell

    1. Institute of Education, University of London, UK

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  2. Peter Aggleton

    1. The University of New South Wales, Australia

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Privilege, Agency and Affect — Understanding the Production and Effects of Action

    1. Introduction: Privilege, Agency and Affect — Understanding the Production and Effects of Action

      • Claire Maxwell, Peter Aggleton
      Pages 1-12

  3. Privilege, Emotions and Reproduction Through Elite Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. The Libidinal Economy of the Globalising Elite School Market

      • Jane Kenway, Johannah Fahey, Aaron Koh
      Pages 15-31

    3. The Sense of Entitlement

      • Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández, Kate Cairns, Chandni Desai
      Pages 32-49

    4. Elite School Capitals and Girls’ Schooling: Understanding the (Re)production of Privilege through a Habitus of ‘Assuredness’

      • Joan Forbes, Bob Lingard
      Pages 50-68

  5. Privilege, Dominance and Hierarchy Between Families and Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. ‘Mumsnetiquette’: Online Affect within Parenting Culture

      • Tracey Jensen
      Pages 127-145

    3. Regenerational Selves and Regional ‘Resilience’: Agency, Entitlement and Privilege in the North East of England

      • Yvette Taylor
      Pages 146-163

  6. Agency, Privilege and Social Justice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. The White Middle Classes and Urban Comprehensive Schools: Ambivalences and Anxieties of Privilege

      • Diane Reay
      Pages 167-184

    3. Negotiating Privilege through Social Justice Efforts

      • Adam Howard
      Pages 185-201

    4. Gender on Class Journeys

      • Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen
      Pages 202-218
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About this book

Drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives and engaging with new empirical evidence from around the world, this collection examines how privilege, agency and affect are linked, and where possibilities for social change might lie.

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"as an introduction to the field of affect, privilege, and agency from the perspectives of post-structuralism, critical theory, and social-practice theory, this collection of essays is a very good place to start". - Gender and Education

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Education, University of London, UK

    Claire Maxwell

  • The University of New South Wales, Australia

    Peter Aggleton

About the authors

Peter Aggleton, University of New South Wales, Australia Laura M. Ahearn, Rutgers University, USA Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen, University of Oslo, Norway Sue Clegg, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK Johannah Fahey, Monash University, Australia Joan Forbes, University of Aberdeen, UK Valerie Hey, University of Sussex, UK Adam Howard, Colby College, USA Tracey Jensen, University of East London, UK Jane Kenway, Monash University, Australia Claudia Lapping, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Bob Lingard, the University of Queensland, Australia Aaron Koh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Claire Maxwell, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Diane Reay, University of Cambridge, UK Yvette Taylor, London South Bank University, UK Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández, University of Toronto, Canada Kate Cairns, University of Toronto, Canada Chandni Desai, University of Toronto, Canada Margaret Wetherell, University of Auckland, Australia; Open University, UK

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