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Privilege : the making of an adolescent elite at St. Paul's School / Shamus Rahman Khan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khan, Shamus, 1978-
- Series:
- Princeton studies in cultural sociology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.)--History.
- St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.).
- Boarding schools--New Hampshire--Concord--History.
- Boarding schools.
- Boarding schools--Social aspects--New Hampshire--Concord.
- Social aspects.
- Concord.
- History.
- New Hampshire.
- New Hampshire--Concord.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2011]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- As one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St. Paul's School has long been the exclusive domain of America's wealthiest sons. But times have changed. In Privilege, Shamus Khan returns to his alma mater to provide an inside look at an institution that has been the private realm of the elite for the past 150 years. He shows that St. Paul's students continue to learn what they always have-how to embody privilege. Yet, while students once leveraged the trappings of upper-class entitlement, family connections, and high culture, current St. Paul's students learn to succeed in a more diverse environment.
- Through deft portrayals of the relationships among students, faculty, and staff, Khan shows how members of the new elite face the opening of society while still preserving the advantages that allow them to rule. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction : democratic inequality
- The new elite
- Finding one's place
- The ease of privilege
- Gender and the performance of privilege
- Learning Beowulf and Jaws
- Conclusion
- Methodological and theoretical reflections.
- Notes:
- Society for the Study of Social Problems C. Wright Mills Award, 2011.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Khan, Shamus Rahman. Privilege.
- ISBN:
- 9781400836222
- 1400836220
- Publisher Number:
- 99970549266
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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