Class Cultures and Social Mobility : The Hidden Strengths of Working-Class First-Generation Graduates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dean, Paul.

Series:

Critical Issues in American Education Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Class Cultures and Social Mobility tells the stories of people who grew up working-class, became the first members of their family to graduate from college, and undertook professional work that serves working-class people.

Contents:

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction: Climbing the Class Ladder Is an Emotional Journey

Part I: Class Cultures and Social Mobility

1. The Differences Between Working-Class and Middle-Class Cultures

2. Classism and Cultural Mismatches Faced by Upwardly Mobile Working-Class People

Part II: The Hidden Strengths of Working-Class Cultural Capital

3. Cultural Empathy

4. Working-Class Norms, Language, and Communication

5. Translating, Code-Switching, Mediating, and Bridge-Building

6. Working-Class Dispositions: Hard Work, Practicality, Authenticity, Resilience, and Ingenuity

Part III: Lessons Learned

7. Managing the Threats of Assimilation, Complicity, and Co-Optation

8. Applying the Lessons to First-Gen Students, Working Straddlers, and Our Workplaces

Appendix: Research Methodology

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-9788-4582-0

OCLC:

1502071804