Class Construction: White Working-Class Student Identity in the New Millennium

By Carrie Freie

Book Overview

Class Construction explores class, racial, and gender identity construction among white, working-class students. Delving into River City High School, Freie asks what happens to the adolescent children of working-class families when economic changes such as globalization and technological advancements have altered the face of working-class jobs. Mass consumerism, greater availability of college level education, lack of a cohesive class identity, and racial and religious politics all combine to create a new working-class identity for today's youth. Featuring interviews with the River City High School students, Class Construction aims to understand how class is conceptualized among American, working-class youths. Class Construction is ideal for courses on sociology, education, gender studies, and American studies, as well as high school educators and administrators.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739115480
• ISBN13: 9780739115480
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.7"