Privilege, Agency and Affect
Understanding the Production and Effects of Action
Published on 8. November 2013
Book
Hardback
X, 273 pages
978-1-137-29262-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"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
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Edition
2013 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
X, 273 p.
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 4 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-29262-9 (9781137292629)
DOI
10.1057/9781137292636
Schweitzer Classification
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Understanding the Production and Effects of Action
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Understanding the Production and Effects of Action
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Persons
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
Content
1. Introduction 2. Privilege, Agency and Affect - Understanding the Production and Effects of Action; Claire Maxwell and Peter Aggleton PART I: PRIVILEGE, EMOTIONS AND REPRODUCTION THROUGH ELITE EDUCATION 3. The Libidinal Economy of the Globalising Elite School Market; Jane Kenway, Johannah Fahey and Aaron Koh 4. The Sense of Entitlement; Ruben Gaztambide-Fernandez, Kate Cairns and Chandni Desai 5. Elite School Capitals and Girls' Schooling: Understanding The (Re)production of Privilege through a Habitus of 'Assuredness'; Joan Forbes and Bob Lingard PART II: AGENCY AND AFFECT IN AND THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION 6. The Space of Academia: Privilege, Agency and the Erasure of Affect; Sue Clegg 7. Institutional Accountability and Intellectual Authority: Unconscious Fantasies and Fragile Identifications in Contemporary Academic Practice; Claudia Lapping 8. Privilege, Agency and Affect in the Academy: Who Do You Think You Are?; Valerie Hey PART III: PRIVILEGE, DOMINANCE AND HIERARCHY BETWEEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES 9. 'Mumsnetiquette': Online Affect within Parenting Culture; Tracey Jensen 10. Regenerational Selves and Regional 'Resilience': Agency, Entitlement and Privilege in the North East of England; Yvette Taylor PART IV: AGENCY, PRIVILEGE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 11. The White Middle Classes and Urban Comprehensive Schools: Ambivalences and Anxieties of Privilege; Diane Reay 12. Negotiating Privilege through Social Justice Efforts; Adam Howard 13. Gender on Class Journeys; Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen PART V: END NOTES 14. Feeling Rules, Atmospheres and Affective Practice: Some Reflections on the Analysis of Emotional Episodes; Margaret Wetherell 15. Privileging and Affecting Agency; Laura M. Ahearn 16. Privilege, Agency and Affect - Moving Further Debate; Claire Maxwell and Peter Aggleton