Youthful Imagination: Schooling, Subcultures, and Social Justice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780820468341)

How do students imagine their futures, and what strategies do they adopt at school to bridge the gap between where they are and where they want to be? This book is concerned with student identities and how they facilitate students' aspirations. Understanding identity as fluid, Georgina Tsolidis explores how students, through various subcultures, manoeuvre themselves through a public school established to help them succeed. She argues that such schools are both a privilege and a burden. Through nontraditional ethnography, Tsolidis provides evocative insights that enliven contemporary theoretical debates. This book is suitable for teachers, student teachers, and academics.

Author: Joseph L. DeVitis,Georgina Tsolidis
ISBN-10: 0820468347
ISBN-13: 9780820468341
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 06/09/2006
Pages: 205
Format: Paperback

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2006 pg. 245