Class Cultures and Social Mobility

The Hidden Strengths of Working-Class First-Generation Graduates

Paul Dean (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

210 Seiten

2025
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
9781978845800 (ISBN)

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Class Cultures and Social Mobility tells the stories of people who grew up working-class, became the first members of their family to graduate from college, and undertook professional work that serves working-class people. Drawing upon personal narratives to appeal to both academics and first-gen students themselves, this book charts the class journeys of people across a wide range of occupational fields. Their stories illustrate how members of the professional workforce draw upon their working-class roots to construct meaningful careers aimed at building stability, mobility, and fulfillment for the next generation of working-class people. While their working-class origins presented significant barriers along their career trajectories, they also found ways to leverage their roots in their professional work. Through their stories, the author reveals the power of working-class cultural capital-how their unique knowledge, skillsets, and dispositions enabled them to leverage their humble beginnings as a strength for both themselves and their communities.

PAUL DEAN is an associate professor of sociology and anthropology at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. He is coauthor of the book Globalization: A Basic Text.

Introduction: Climbing the Class Ladder is an Emotional Journey
Part I: Class Cultures and Social Mobility
Chapter 1: The Differences Between Working-Class and Middle-Class Cultures
Chapter 2: Classism and Cultural Mismatches Faced by Upwardly Mobile Working-Class People
Part II: The Hidden Strengths of Working-Class Cultural Capital
Chapter 3: Cultural Empathy
Chapter 4: Working-Class Norms, Language, and Communication
Chapter 5: Translating, Codeswitching, Mediating, and Bridge-Building
Chapter 6: Working-Class Dispositions: Hard Work, Practicality, Authenticity, Resilience, and Ingenuity
Part III: Lessons Learned
Chapter 7: Managing the Threats of Assimilation, Complicity, and Cooptation
Chapter 8: Applying the Lessons to First-Gen Students, Working Straddlers, and Our Workplaces
Appendix: Research Methodology
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	18.10.2025
Reihe/Serie	Critical Issues in American Education
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-13	9781978845800 / 9781978845800
Zustand	Neuware