书目名称 | In the Realm of the Senses |
副标题 | Social Aesthetics an |
编辑 | Johannah Fahey,Howard Prosser,Matthew Shaw |
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概述 | Intervenes in the theorization of education, class and globalization through the deployment of fresh critical lenses.Represents a major methodological innovation exploring the social aesthetics of pri |
丛书名称 | Cultural Studies and Transdisciplinarity in Education |
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描述 | This book charts new territory both theoretically and methodologically. Drawing on MacDougall’s notion of social aesthetics, it explores the sensory dimensions of privilege through a global ethnography of elite schools. The various contributors to the volume draw on a range of theoretical perspectives from Lefebvre, Benjamin, Bourdieu, Appadurai, Kress and van Leeuwen to both broaden and critique MacDougall’s original concept. They argue that within these elite schools there is a relationship between their ‘complex sensory and aesthetic environments’ and the construction of privilege within and beyond the school gates. Understanding the importance of the visual to ethnography, the social aesthetics of these elite schools are captured through the inclusion of a series of visual essays that complement the written accounts of the aesthetics of privilege. The collection also includes a series of vignettes that further explore the sensory dimension of these aesthetics: touch, taste—though metaphorically understood— sight and sound. These varying formats illustrate the aesthetic nature of social relations and the various ways in which class permeates the senses. The images from across th |
出版日期 | Book 2015 |
关键词 | David MacDougall; Education and Visual Methodologies; Elite Schools Class Analysis; Elite Schools and S |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-350-7 |
isbn_softcover | 978-981-10-1345-4 |
isbn_ebook | 978-981-287-350-7Series ISSN 2345-7708 Series E-ISSN 2345-7716 |
issn_series | 2345-7708 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2015 |