Identity, Agency and Social Institutions in Educational Ethnography

Educational ethnography has concentrated on the social processes inside schools. This book, by Geoff Troman, Bob Jeffrey and Geoffrey Walford, argues that other informal educational sites deserve equal attention.

The authors point to social institutions such as the family, the community, the media and popular culture, work and prisons as places where behaviour and lives are regulated. They describe these institutions as interrelated, all involved in how social identities are generated, managed and developed.

The book suits researchers and students of ethnography and the sociology of education, and anyone interested in identity and youth beyond the classroom.

Publisher: Jai Press Inc. ISBN-13: 9780762311446.