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Summary:

As one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, has long been the exclusive domain of America's wealthiest sons. But times have changed. Today, a new elite of boys and girls is being molded at St. Paul's, one that reflects the hope of openness but also the persistence of inequality. In Privilege, Shamus Khan returns to his alma mater to provide an inside look at an institution that has been the private realm of the elite for the past 150 years. He shows that St. Paul's students continue to learn what they always have--how to embody privil.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: democratic inequality
• 1. The new elite
• 2. Finding one's place
• 3. The ease of privilege
• 4. Gender and the performance of privilege
• 5. Learning Beowulf and Jaws
• Conclusion
• Methodological and theoretical reflections.

Author/Creator:

Khan, Shamus Rahman

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Privilege: the making of an adolescent elite at St. Paul's School [by Khan, S.R.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Privilege [by Khan, S.R.] (Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011 — ISBN 9780691145280; LCCN 2010021520; OCLC Number 587249045)

Related Series:

Princeton studies in cultural sociology

Subjects:

St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.) — History

Boarding schools — New Hampshire — Concord — History

Boarding schools — Social aspects — New Hampshire — Concord

St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.)

Boarding schools

Social aspects

New Hampshire — Concord

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages).

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

LD7501.C822 K48 2011eb

ISBNs:

9781400836222 (electronic bk.)
1400836220 (electronic bk.)
9780691145280 (hardback, alk. paper) [Invalid]
0691145288 (hardback, alk. paper) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

714808829