Privilege : the making of an adolescent elite at St. Paul's School / Shamus Rahman Khan ; with a new preface by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khan, Shamus, 1978- author.

Series:

Princeton studies in cultural sociology.

Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology ; v.15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boarding schools.

United States.

St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.)--History.

St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"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. To be the future leaders of a more democratic world, they must be at ease with everything from highbrow art to everyday life--from Beowulf to Jaws--and view hierarchies as ladders to scale. 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface to the 2021 Edition

Introduction: Democratic Inequality

1. The New Elite

2. Finding One's Place

3. The Ease of Privilege

4. Gender and the Performance of Privilege

5. Learning Beowulf and Jaws

Conclusion

Methodological and Theoretical Reflections

Acknowledgments

Notes

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

C. Wright Mills Award 2011

ISBN:

0-691-22921-X

OCLC:

1259320156