Description
Book Synopsis Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a London high school, Individually Ourselves demonstrates how young people elaborate notions of individual personhood through their friendships, and pervasive peer ethics, shaped in and through relations of power and inequality. By examining the interplay between ourselves and others during such a formative time of life, the book addresses how individuality is produced in everyday life and how our interactions help create the person we become.
Trade Review “This is an excellent and original book exploring personhood, friendship and social identity in the context of an English secondary school. It makes an important contribution to the literature focusing on ethnographic accounts of schooling, and particularly those focusing on friendship, intimacy and peer relations as part of the wider project of socialization during youth.” • Patrick Alexander, Oxford Brookes University
Table of Contents Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Histories, Life-Course, Ethics
Chapter 2. Locating Time and Place
Chapter 3. Our History
Chapter 4. Girls’ Friendships, Making, Breaking and Intimate Power
Chapter 5. Color, Authenticity, Style
Chapter 6. Sex Talk, Judgement, Sanction, and Threat
Chapter 7. Becoming an Individual among Others
Conclusion
Index
