Class Choreographies, Elite Schools and Globalization
Kenway, Jane; Fahey, Johannah; Epstein, Debbie; Koh, Aaron; McCarthy, Cameron; Rizvi, Fazal
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Awarded Best Book prize by CIES Globalization and Education SIG
Awarded 2nd Prize in the Society of Educational Studies Annual Book Prize
Elite schools have always been social choreographers par excellence. The world over, they put together highly dexterous performances as they stage and restage changing relations of ruling. They are adept at aligning their social choreographies to shifting historical conditions and cultural tastes. In multiple theatres, they now regularly rehearse the irregular art of being global. Elite schools around the world are positioned at the intersecting pinnacles of various scales, systems and regimes of social, cultural, political and ... Read more
Awarded Best Book prize by CIES Globalization and Education SIG
Awarded 2nd Prize in the Society of Educational Studies Annual Book Prize
Elite schools have always been social choreographers par excellence. The world over, they put together highly dexterous performances as they stage and restage changing relations of ruling. They are adept at aligning their social choreographies to shifting historical conditions and cultural tastes. In multiple theatres, they now regularly rehearse the irregular art of being global. Elite schools around the world are positioned at the intersecting pinnacles of various scales, systems and regimes of social, cultural, political and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
281
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137549631
SKU
V9781137549631
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About Kenway, Jane; Fahey, Johannah; Epstein, Debbie; Koh, Aaron; McCarthy, Cameron; Rizvi, Fazal
Jane Kenway is Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow, Professor of Global Education Studies at Monash University, Australia, and an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Australia. Johannah Fahey is Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Debbie Epstein, Professor of Cultural Studies in Education at Roehampton University, UK, became an academic ... Read more
Reviews for Class Choreographies, Elite Schools and Globalization
“This book is a compelling account of the ultra-serviceability of the English public school ethos and its masculinist, class-ridden and exclusionary practices. … The result is a sociological tour de force. … This is a monograph to savour, even if its main subjects’ selfish and rampant individualism are themselves deeply unappealing.” (Valerie Hey, Comparative Education, January, 2018)