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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158659803321

Autore

Kenway Jane

Titolo

Class Choreographies [[electronic resource] ] : Elite Schools and Globalization / / by Jane Kenway, Johannah Fahey, Debbie Epstein, Aaron Koh, Cameron McCarthy, Fazal Rizvi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

1-137-54961-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 281 p.)

Disciplina

327.1

Soggetti

Globalization

Social structure

Equality

International education 

Comparative education

Educational sociology

Education—History

Schools

Social Structure, Social Inequality

International and Comparative Education

Sociology of Education

History of Education

Schools and Schooling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Little England's 'Public Schools' -- Chapter 2. Colonialism, Capitalism and Christianity -- Chapter 3. Mobilizing the Past in the Changing Present -- Chapter 4. Principal Experiments on the Global Stage -- Chapter 5. Curriculum Contestations -- Chapter 6. Students on the Move -- Chapter 7. The Art of Privilege -- Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Ahead. .

Sommario/riassunto

Awarded Best Book prize by CIES Globalization and Education SIG Awarded 2nd Prize in the Society of Educational Studies Annual Book



Prize Elite schools have always been social choreographers par excellence. The world over, they put together highly dexterous performances as they stage and restage changing relations of ruling. They are adept at aligning their social choreographies to shifting historical conditions and cultural tastes. In multiple theatres, they now regularly rehearse the irregular art of being global. Elite schools around the world are positioned at the intersecting pinnacles of various scales, systems and regimes of social, cultural, political and economic power. They have much in common but are also diverse. They illustrate how various modalities of power are enjoyed and put to work and how educational and social inequalities are shaped and shifted. They, thus, speak to the social zeitgeist. This book dissects this intricate choreography.