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1	White working-class boys' negotiations of school experience and engagement Stahl, Garth January 2012 (has links) This thesis investigates how white working-class boys experience social and learner identities in three educational sites. It presents the findings of an in-depth sociological study of teenage boys from one locality in South London, focusing on the practices of ‘meaning-making’ and ‘identity work,’ the boys’ experience and the various disjunctures and commonalities between the social and learner identities. Working-class boys are often presented in homogeneous terms and this study explores the heterogeneity of being a working-class boy and the diversity of their experiences in education. The work is positioned within the debates regarding masculinity in schooling and working-class disadvantage; my focus is on how boys’ ‘lifeworlds’ are created in contrast and in relation to their schooling experience. How boys contend with neoliberal educational processes which are fundamentally about “continually changing the self, making informed choices, engaging in competition, and taking chances” (Phoenix 2004: 229) and the construction of what I call ‘egalitarianism’ was an important homogenous feature in the data. The methodological approach employed is integral to gaining this understanding. I draw on Bourdieu’s signature concepts and theoretical framework in order to understand the complexities and negotiations surrounding reconciling educational success with working-class values. To further my understanding, I also utilise elements of intersectionality questioning, in order to address the interplay between class, gender and ethnicity in the social and learner identities the boys constitute and reconstitute through the various discursive practices in which they participate. 370
2	The College-Educated Trump Voter: A Look at the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Hubschman, Billy January 2019 (has links) Thesis advisor: Julia Chuang / In trying to explain the outcome of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, many post-election analyses focused on President Trumps’ perceived white working-class base. The idea that President Trump is an advocate for the working-class, though, is up for debate: many scholars have highlighted the ways in which President Trump is more of an advocate for the elite than for the working-class. Given President Trump’s appeal to individuals outside of the working-class, I decided to interview Trump supporters at Boston College—a campus with one of the wealthier student bodies in the nation. In my interviews, I looked for different narrative frames and discourses that my interviewees used in their articulation of their support for President Trump. I found that interviewees drew on parental influences, emphasized the value of hard work, shared narratives of victimization, and more. In addition, I learned about the large network of conservatives at Boston College. Given white working-class tropes surrounding the 2016 Election and stereotypes of college campuses as liberal echo chambers, this paper highlights the presence of conservatism on Boston College’s campus and calls for more research on the topic. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2019. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Departmental Honors. / Discipline: Sociology. white working class campus conservatives whiteness Donald Trump
3	Tales from the Silent Majority: Conservative Populism and the Invention of Middle America Bickerstaff, Jeffrey Christopher 25 April 2011 (has links) No description available. American Literature Film Studies Literature Motion Pictures conservative movement white working class Middle America Social Issue Liberalism Republican Majority Democratic Party populism Richard Nixon Rabbit Redux John Updike crime judiciary Dirty Harry Magnum Force Death Wish Hardhat Riots Joe
4	Classism, Ableism, and the Rise of Epistemic Injustice Against White, Working-Class Men Bostic, Sarah E. 03 June 2019 (has links) No description available. Demographics Cultural Anthropology Epistemology Gender Gender Studies Philosophy Political Science Sociology Womens Studies Rhetoric working-class masculinity white united states epistemic injustice phenomenology feminist standpoint theory critical discourse analysis 2016 presidential election white working-class men basket of deplorables Clinton Trump political rhetoric
5	Views from the Summit: White Working Class Appalachian Males and Their Perceptionsof Academic Success Alexander, Stephanie J. H. 07 June 2013 (has links) No description available. Educational Theory Community Colleges Community College Education Educational Sociology Higher Education Education Philosophy working class academic success community colleges rural education academic success and working class higher education and working class White working class men West Virginia higher education

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