That Sinking Feeling
On the Emotional Experience of Inferiority in Germany's Neoliberal Education System
Published on 11. August 2023
Book
Hardback
378 pages
978-1-80539-052-7 (ISBN)
Description
Emotions, especially those of impoverished migrant families, have long been underrepresented in German social and cultural studies. That Sinking Feeling raises the visibility of the emotional dimensions of exclusion processes and locates students in current social transformations. Drawing from a year of ethnographic fieldwork with grade ten students, Stefan Wellgraf's study on an array of both classic emotions and affectively charged phenomena reveals a culture of devaluation and self-assertion of the youthful, post-migrant urban underclass in neoliberal times.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Library binding
Illustrations
Bibliography; Index; 15 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
697 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80539-052-7 (9781805390527)
DOI
10.3167/9781805390527
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Stefan Wellgraf
That Sinking Feeling
On the Emotional Experience of Inferiority in Germany's Neoliberal Education System
E-Book
08/2023
1st Edition
Berghahn Books
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Stefan Wellgraf
That Sinking Feeling
On the Emotional Experience of Inferiority in Germany's Neoliberal Education System
E-Book
08/2023
1st Edition
Berghahn Books
€27.49
Available for download
Person
Stefan Wellgraf is a Heisenberg Fellow at the Institute of European Ethnology at Humboldt University in Berlin. His research focuses on ethnographic studies of schools in low-income neighborhoods in Berlin and right-wing subcultures in East Germany.
Content
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Part I: Boredom and Beyond
Chapter 1. School in Ruins: Atmosphere of Boredom
Chapter 2. Distraction: Provocation as Critique
Part II: Forms of Self-Empowerment
Chapter 3. Coolness: Selfie Poses
Chapter 4. "Ghetto" Pride: Discourses and Practices
Part III: Feelings of Inadequacy
Chapter 5. Grading: On the Pedagogical Production of Feelings of Inferiority
Chapter 6. Ugly Feelings: Envy, Resentment and Embarrassment
Part IV: Anger and Aggressiveness
Chapter 7. Anger: Political Feelings and Patronizing Education
Chapter 8. Aggressiveness: Boxer Style
Part V: Fears and Hopes
Chapter 9. Social Anxieties: Unemployment and Deportation
Chapter 10. Cruel Optimism: The End of the Future
Bibliography
Introduction
Part I: Boredom and Beyond
Chapter 1. School in Ruins: Atmosphere of Boredom
Chapter 2. Distraction: Provocation as Critique
Part II: Forms of Self-Empowerment
Chapter 3. Coolness: Selfie Poses
Chapter 4. "Ghetto" Pride: Discourses and Practices
Part III: Feelings of Inadequacy
Chapter 5. Grading: On the Pedagogical Production of Feelings of Inferiority
Chapter 6. Ugly Feelings: Envy, Resentment and Embarrassment
Part IV: Anger and Aggressiveness
Chapter 7. Anger: Political Feelings and Patronizing Education
Chapter 8. Aggressiveness: Boxer Style
Part V: Fears and Hopes
Chapter 9. Social Anxieties: Unemployment and Deportation
Chapter 10. Cruel Optimism: The End of the Future
Bibliography