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Jocks and Burnouts
Penelope Eckert
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Description for Jocks and Burnouts
Paperback. Dr. Eckert shows how the school's institutional environment fosters the formation of opposed class cultures in the student population, which in turn serve as a social tracking system. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JNLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
This ethnographic study of adolescent social structure in a Michigan high school provides a brilliant new perspective on class-based reactions between individual students and the school. Dr. Eckert shows how the school’s institutional environment fosters the formation of opposed class cultures in the student population, which in turn serve as a social tracking system.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807729632
SKU
V9780807729632
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99-2
About Penelope Eckert
Penelope Eckert is Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology at Stanford University, where she has also directed the program in Feminist Studies.
Reviews for Jocks and Burnouts
“This insightful and original piece of research adds greatly to our understanding of stratification among adolescents.” —Contemporary Sociology