{"product_id":"the-cultural-production-of-the-educated-person-paperback","title":"The Cultural Production of the Educated Person: Critical Ethnographies of Schooling and Local Practice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBradley a. Levinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDouglas E. Foley\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDorothy C. Holland\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the ways in which cultural practices and knowledges are produced in and out of schools around the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven historical-ethnographic case studies examine the social and cultural projects of modern schools, and the contestations, dramatic and not, that emerge in and around and against them. These case studies, ranging from Taiwan to South Texas, build upon an original joining of anthropology, critical education theory, and cultural studies. The studies advance the concept of cultural production as a way of understanding the dynamics of power and identity formation underlying different forms of \"education.\" Using the concept of the \"educated person\" as a culture-specific construct, the authors examine conflicts and points of convergence between cultural practices and knowledges that are produced in and out of schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven historical-ethnographic case studies examine the social and cultural projects of modern schools, and the contestations, dramatic and not, that emerge in and around and against them. These case studies, ranging from Taiwan to South Texas, build upon an original joining of anthropology, critical education theory, and cultural studies. The studies advance the concept of cultural production as a way of understanding the dynamics of power and identity formation underlying different forms of \"education\". Using the concept of the \"educated person\" as a culture-specific construct, the authors examine conflicts and points of convergence between cultural practices and knowledges that are produced in and out of schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBradley A. Levinson \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Augustana College. \u003cb\u003eDouglas E. Foley \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Education and of Anthropology at the University of Texas-Austin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Peones to Politics; Learning Capitalist Culture\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Heartland Chronicles: A Tale of Mesquaki-White Relations\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eDorothy C. Holland \u003c\/b\u003eis J. Ross Macdonald Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCultural Models in Language\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEducated in Romance: Women, Achievement, and College Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9.02 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131512524935,"sku":"9780791428603","price":66.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8f1eb052f29fee0f8191b31fdc065c47.webp?v=1732619558","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-cultural-production-of-the-educated-person-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}