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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300603903321

Autore

Vincent Carol

Titolo

Friendship and Diversity : Class, Ethnicity and Social Relationships in the City / / by Carol Vincent, Sarah Neal, Humera Iqbal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-73001-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 pages)

Disciplina

177.62

Soggetti

Childhood

Adolescence

Educational sociology

Ethnicity

Sociology, Urban

Human geography

Social policy

Childhood, Adolescence and Society

Sociology of Education

Ethnicity Studies

Urban Studies/Sociology

Human Geography

Children, Youth and Family Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Why study friendship and diversity: Orientations and Introduction to the Study -- 2. Encounter, conviviality and the city: new directions in theorising interaction across difference -- 3. Back at school: research methods, design and reflexive dramaturgy -- 4. The Children’s friendships: difference, commonality and proximity -- 5. Children’s agency and adult intervention: Children’s friendships through adult eyes -- 6. Extended social and spatial encounters in primary school worlds -- 7. Antagonisms, ambivalences and association: Parents’ friendships and responses to difference in everyday life -- 8.



Understanding Friendship and Diversity.

Sommario/riassunto

Do people make friends with those who are culturally and socially different to themselves? Friendship and Diversity explores the social relationships of adults and children living in highly diverse localities in London. The authors examine how social class and ethnic difference affects the friendships of children in primary schools and their parents. The book draws on original and in-depth conversations 8 and 9 year olds about their classroom relationships, with parents about their own and their children’s friendships, and with teachers about supporting children’s friendships at school. Through detailed discussions of friendships, everyday multiculture, and attitudes towards shared social space, cultural difference and social class, the authors reveal what these friendships tell us about the nature and extent of social mixing and social divisions in cities with diverse populations. Friendship and Diversity will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, geography and psychology, as well as education practitioners. .