Class Identity Studies Flashcards
Who says that the uc and mc place a high value in education?
Who says about defered gratification?
what’s the BUT?
Hyman
Sugarman, Connor and dewson
BUT today immediate gratification may be more difficult as there are less unskilled jobs available
how do names through the family reinforce class identity?
Names- upper class = Hugo etc double barrel surnames (but more accessible)
Middle class- Thomas
Wc- after celebrities eg eastenders aleesha Beyoncé (but new wc may choose more trad names)
Scott and chapman?
The upper classes use the independent sector and often attend top public schools such as Eton and Harrow which reinforces class identity.
What is hogomany?
who says this?
Intermarriage in the upper class because the upper classes practice social closure Chapman
Where do the middle classes send their children? what is this called? What are they called?
They use their cultural capital (k and u) to get their children into independent or the best state school or selective because they are privileged choosers
Reay?
Mc mothers has confidence of the school system and use this to get their kids into good schools and more time to spend with kids
Newson
mc mothers focus on educational toys and structured play which gives a better start for school
Cater and Coleman
10x more likely of teenage pregnancy if from unskilled background- links to n and v of community- gives them status in pg and sense of identity
Describe the stages a uc child will go through in education
What does this do? Study? BUT?
Prep boarding school ( britains youngest boarders)
public schools (Eton and Harrow)
Top Russell group unis
Promotes uc n and v of conservative, rocker found is gives then a sense of superiority from state students BUT doc on bbc Wellington college says against this
Power et al
Mc students are high achievers in state schools and elite unis (see it as level of success)
Bernstein
What does Labov say?
elaborated code
speech codes in the family - elaborated speech code in uc and mc with reason but restricted code in wc
Labov says wc speech codes should be celebrated
Adler and Adler
peer group is important in pre adolescent mc
Scott
Uc deviate strong sense of identity in peer group with the same social scene and old boys network (chapman)
Willis / Jackson / Frosch et al
Anti school subculture in wc because can’t get status from education
Sue sharpe
Wc girls wanted to do well at school as their priorities had changed within peer group
