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Whiteness and class in education / John Preston.
Van Pelt Library LC191.8.G7 P74 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Preston, John, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational sociology--Great Britain.
- Educational sociology.
- Great Britain.
- Education--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Education.
- Education--Social aspects.
- Multicultural education.
- White people--Race identity.
- White people.
- Social classes--Great Britain.
- Social classes.
- Physical Description:
- x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dordrecht : Springer, 2007.
- Summary:
- This pioneering volume applies critical whiteness studies in a variety of educational contexts in the United Kingdom. The author uses ethnographic, biographical and documentary research to show how whiteness works in education. The book also considers policy issues, and discusses how critical whiteness studies might function in anti-racist practice, shows how white supremacy continues to dominate educational discourse and practice and discusses how this can be resisted.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1402061072
- 9781402061073
- OCLC:
- 141385224
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