Children’s Bodies in Schools: Corporeal Performances of Social Class

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Children’s Bodies and Corporeal Expectations of Schooling

   • Sue Ellen Henry

   Pages 1-23

3. Social Class Inequities and the Body

   • Sue Ellen Henry

   Pages 24-53

4. Theoretical Frameworks for Understanding Social Class Corporeality

   • Sue Ellen Henry

   Pages 54-83

5. Corporeal Implications of Contemporary Schooling Practices

   • Sue Ellen Henry

   Pages 84-114

6. Back Matter

   Pages 115-130

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Bringing together sociology of the body with powerful examinations of educational theory and social class, Henry examines how children's experiences of school and pedagogy are shaped by their bodies and the ideas of social class and class identity that their bodies carry.

• Social class
• Corporeal
• Performance
• Sociology of the Body
• Neoliberal Education
• children
• educational theory
• identity
• Nation
• sociology

"Sue Ellen Henry is mapping new territory that centers the arguments surrounding body/embodiment and foregrounds social class. This book presents substantial literature reviews that will introduce readers to work that has been conducted in these areas. It is very promising, timely, and exciting." Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor of Elementary and Social Studies Education, University of Georgia, USA

"Henry raises new and timely questions about how working class children's bodies are interpreted, disciplined, and controlled through neoliberal educational approaches to education. Henry's research explores how teachers read students' body language, and the connections between how teachers interpret students' bodies and how they interpret students' themselves. Henry's investigation into these questions is a must-read for all those concerned with education and social justice." - Jennifer Trainor, Associate Professor of English, San Francisco State University, USA

• Bucknell University, USA

  Sue Ellen Henry

Sue Ellen Henry is Associate Professor of Education at Bucknell University, USA.

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