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This book is a synoptic survey of fifty years of ethnography in formal and informal educational settings. Uniquely, it pulls together the core findings from both the anthropology and the sociology of education, drawing on international research to explore a range of themes, from movement and mobilities to the body, identity, time and space.
Groups and Identities: The Profound Silence of the Initiated
Groups and Identities: The Profound Silence of the Initiated
They had not interacted with Black people at all… and you know me, I'm like, well you know I'm me. But it was weird because they listened to rap music. They listened to rap music. (Winkle-Wagner, 2009: 70–71)
I was told that you will get called a ‘keeno’ if you wear your tie normally (i.e. with the big fat bit out as opposed the small, thin bit). If you wear long socks (girls) you get called a virgin. (Chipping Langdon High School, 1996)
In the opening passage, Winkle-Wagner is quoting an African-American college student, Michelle, who chose to share a flat in her second year with white room-mates. These women ...
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