identity and responses to class Flashcards

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define habitus

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dispositions or learned ways of thinking that are shared by a particular social group → this is formed as a result of its position in class structure

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Why does school value MC habitus?

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MC has the power to be able to define its habitus as superior and impose it on the school → thus school values MC habitus

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What does schools having MC habitus lead to?

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  • As schools have MC habitus those socialised into this gain more symbolic status from the school and are deemed valuable
  • Schools devalue WC → symbolic violence occurs reproducing WC lower
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What is the wc response to there habitus being devalued?

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Nike identities

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Why do the wc form a nike identity?

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The symbolic violence lead to nike identities as a way of generating self worth

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How does school respond to these nike identities?

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These identities earned symbolic capital but this brought into conflict with schools dress codes → consequently labelled rebels

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What does Archer argue about nike identities?

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Archer argues these nike identities is not only cause of marginalisation at school but also there preference for an alternative identity → choose self exclusion as believe that ‘educational success’ is not for them

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How does education lead to cultural reproduciton - Bourdieu

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  • Field is constructed by MC values and tastes → so those socialised ito MC capital gain symbolic capital
  • WC less cultural capital -> rejection of this in education system seen as symbolic violence
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How does education actually achieve cultural reproduction?

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  • Language → bernstein elaborated code
  • Dress sense → formal
  • Cultural knowledge
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How does contemporary education cause cultural reproduction?

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  • Ofstead → projected cultural capital → marxist suggest its inputting ruling class ideology
    Policies on uniform → impose MC uniform / from mc suppliers
  • Curriculum baked on MC knowledge
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