Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1 1. Working-class Student Educational Experience: An Amalgamation of Factors 2. Establishing a Framework to Explore Identity 3. Egalitarianism in the Habitus Part 2 4. Defining Class and Social Class Identitification 5. Social Class Influence and Educational Engagement 6. Narratives in Reconstituting, Reaffirming And The Self: ‘Othering’ the Non-Normative 7. Aspirations, Myths, Ambivalence and Reality 8. Conclusions and Recommendations Appendices

About the Author

Garth Stahl is Lecturer in Literacy Education and Sociology in the School of Education, University of South Australia, Australia.

Reviews

"In summary, this book makes an excellent contribution to educational research in the present. Its development of a Bourdieu-inspired framework will be most useful to many working in the field." - Judith Gill, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Journal, September 2016"Identity, Neoliberalism and Aspiration is an important book by a scholar who I am sure will continue to push studies of men and masculinities in education forward. At the end of the book, Stahl leaves us recognizing and understanding the tension between education and masculinities: the way that many men ‘‘have a fear of academic success’’ (p. 167) while at the same time recognizing its importance in the market and as part of their aspirations and learner identities." -Men and Masculinities, Frank G. Karioris, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary