Class Construction
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A01=Carrie Freie
Author_Carrie Freie
Category=JBSA
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Product details
- ISBN 9780739115480
- Weight: 218g
- Dimensions: 154 x 232mm
- Publication Date: 02 Jul 2008
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Class Construction explores class, racial, and gender identity construction among white, working-class students. Delving into River City High School, Freie asks what happens to the adolescent children of working-class families when economic changes such as globalization and technological advancements have altered the face of working-class jobs. Mass consumerism, greater availability of college level education, lack of a cohesive class identity, and racial and religious politics all combine to create a new working-class identity for today's youth. Featuring interviews with the River City High School students, Class Construction aims to understand how class is conceptualized among American, working-class youths. Class Construction is ideal for courses on sociology, education, gender studies, and American studies, as well as high school educators and administrators.
Carrie Freie is assistant professor of education at Penn State Altoona.
