{"product_id":"self-made-men-widening-participation-selfhood-and-first-in-family-males-9783031079535","title":"Self-Made Men: Widening Participation, Selfhood","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores how boys from low-socioeconomic status backgrounds disengage from their education, and are resultantly severely underrepresented in post-compulsory education. For those who attend university, many will be first-in-their-family. As first-in-family students, they may encounter significant barriers which may limit their participation in university life and their acquisition of social and cultural capital. Drawing on a longitudinal study of young Australian men pursuing higher education, the book provides the first detailed account of socially mobile working-class masculinities. Investigating the experiences of these young men, this book analyses their acclimatisation to new learning environments as well as their changing subjectivities. The monograph draws on various sociological theories to analyse empirical data and make practical recommendations which will drive innovation in widening participation initiatives internationally. This book will be of interest to scholars interested in widening participation, transitions, social mobility and Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003eClass and higher educationAustralian higher educationThe First-in-Family Males ProjectStructure of Self-made men\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Masculinities, class, education\u003cbr\u003e2. Upwardly mobile working-class masculinities\u003cbr\u003eSetting the stageWorking-class masculinities, education and social mobility: A brief genealogyMasculinities, neoliberalism and schoolingMasculinities in higher educationDelineating the boundaries of working-class and middle-class masculinityConclusion\u003cbr\u003e3. The Australian higher education context\u003cbr\u003eRecent equity policies in Australian higher educationEquity groups, the Bradley Review and marketizationMeritocracy, masculinity and the Australian ‘fair go’Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e4. Theorizing social mobility and the first-in-family experience\u003cbr\u003e‘Injuries of class’ and class as affectiveBourdieu, habitus and disjunctureBecoming socially mobileTheorizing class: Pathologization, shame and the lived experienceInvesting in the self: The practice of self-crafting\tConclusion\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Findings\u003cbr\u003e5. The transition to university: Dissonance, validation and meritocratic subjectivities\u003cbr\u003eEducation as a value-constituting practiceSchool performativity, spoon feeding and the ‘rough ride’Hard work and meritocratic subjectivitiesConclusion\u003cbr\u003e6. Performing the entrepreneurial self\u003cbr\u003eCalibrating and regulating new forms of selfhoodInvesting in new forms of selfhoodConclusion\u003cbr\u003e7. Narratives of value and fulfilment\u003cbr\u003eIndependence and feeling valuableProducing subjectivities of fulfilmentThe fragility of fulfilmentConclusion\u003cbr\u003e8. Relational subjectivities and self-crafting in times of transition\u003cbr\u003eThe changing peer groupShifting family dynamics and the university experienceConclusion\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e9. Reflections and recommendations\u003cbr\u003eStudenthood in neoliberal education contextsThe production of classed and gendered subjectivitiesMasculinities in higher education: Effective forms of supportConcluding thoughts\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49415679705431,"sku":"9783031079535","price":104.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783031079535.jpg?v=1730527761","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/self-made-men-widening-participation-selfhood-and-first-in-family-males-9783031079535","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}