Youth, Class and Everyday Struggles

by Steven Threadgold

Book Overview

The concept of everyday struggles can enliven our understanding of the lives of young people and how social class is made and remade. This book invokes a Bourdieusian spirit to think about the ways young people are pushed and pulled by the normative demands directed at them from an early age, whilst they reflexively understand that allegedly available incentives for making the 'right' choices and working hard - financial and familial security,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138849987
• ISBN13: 9781138849983
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"