Becoming Middle Class: How Working-class University Students Draw and Transgress Moral Class Boundaries  

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Lehmann, Wolfgang

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Sociology vol. 43 no. 04 (Aug. 2009), page 631–647.
Topik: class; habitus; individualization; moral disposition; social mobility
Fulltext: 631.pdf (192.38KB)

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This article analyses the expectations and experiences of a group of Canadian workingclass, first-generation university students. I outline the structural disadvantages, in terms of economic, social, and cultural capital, these young people encounter. Rather than viewing working-class status exclusively as a barrier, I show how these students draw on their working-class backgrounds to construct uniquely working-class moral advantages, such as those associated with a strong work ethic, maturity, responsibility, and real-life experiences, to overcome structural disadvantages. Their narratives of moral class advantages, however, lack class consciousness. They can be interpreted as individualistic strategies that draw on collective values. Ultimately, these working-class students hope to transcend their class position. Drawing on working-class moralities supports their claim for recognition as educated middle-class subjects, but with moral dispositions rooted in their social background and upbringing.

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