Celebrity, Aspiration and Contemporary Youth: Education and Inequality in an Era

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Explores how young people think about their futures under austerity. Based on an interdisciplinary study, this book offers insights into contemporary youth aspirations and inequalities. It helps us to understand young people's transitions into adulthood at a time of socio-economic 'crisis'.

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Celebrity, Aspiration and Contemporary Youth uses the lens of celebrity to explore how young people think about their futures under austerity. Based on an interdisciplinary study, the book offers fresh insights into contemporary youth aspirations and inequalities. It helps us to understand young people's transitions into adulthood at a time of socio-economic 'crisis'.Drawing on original data, the authors examine what it means for young people to be forming their aspirations within the context of 'austere meritocracy'. The book addresses three central questions: What kinds of futures do young people desire and imagine for themselves? What is required of young people in the process of achieving these futures? And how are inequalities embedded and reproduced within these?Using young people's 'celebrity talk' to explore their aspirations, the authors challenge stereotypes of young people as a fame-hungry, get-rich-quick generation. Instead, they show how young people engage critically with celebrity and its discourses. Key chapters focus on how young people talk about youth, work, authenticity, success, happiness, money and fame in relation to their own lives and those of celebrities. Each of these chapters contains a case study of an international celebrity, including, Beyoncé, Will Smith, Bill Gates, Prince Harry and Kim Kardashian.The authors conclude with possibilities for social change. They show that celebrity offers an important way of working with young people to critically explore what futures are possible and for whom.

Author Biography

Heather Mendick is a self-employed research consultant based in London, UK. She works on social research on equity, education, science, mathematics, youth and media.Kim Allen is University Academic Fellow in Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK.Laura Harvey is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Brighton, UK.Aisha Ahmad is a Consultant at ICF, UK. She works on health, education and sport research.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Young People and Society3. WorkCase study: Will Smith4. AuthenticityCase study: Kim Kardashian5. SuccessCase study: Tom Daley6. HappinessCase study: Beyoncé7. MoneyCase study: Kate Middleton8. FameCase study: Emma Watson9. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Review

By asking contemporary youths to reflect on celebrity lives and lifestyles, these youths' ways of being, emotional regimes, and socioeconomic orderings come into sharp—and unforgettable—focus. * Suzanne Leonard, Associate Professor of English, Simmons College, USA *One of the most important sociological studies of a generation. A must-read for academics across the arts, humanities and social sciences, it should also be required reading for policy-makers, teachers and anyone who cares about young people today. An astonishing accomplishment. * Rosalind Gill, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, City, University of London, UK *This book is a pleasure to read. Comprehensive, accessible and timely, it provides an incisive analysis on the contemporary conditions of austerity currently shaping young people's lives. Drawing on original research, the book provides a stark picture of the burden of individualised responsibility young people carry as inequalities sharpen in the current socio-political climate of austerity. * Julia Coffey, Lecturer, The University of Newcastle, Australia *

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Examines how celebrity shapes aspirations of young people growing up in England against the backdrop of austerity.

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By asking contemporary youths to reflect on celebrity lives and lifestyles, these youths' ways of being, emotional regimes, and socioeconomic orderings come into sharp-and unforgettable-focus.

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Examines how celebrity shapes aspirations of young people growing up in England against the backdrop of austerity.

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Uses an original focus on celebrity to explore young people's education and employment aspirations

Details ISBN1474294200 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Year 2018 ISBN-10 1474294200 ISBN-13 9781474294201 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2018-02-22 Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Subtitle Education and Inequality in an Era of Austerity Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 25 bw illus Pages 216 DEWEY 305.235 Short Title Celebrity, Aspiration and Contemporary Youth Language English UK Release Date 2018-02-22 NZ Release Date 2018-02-22 Author Dr Laura Harvey Edited by Claire Webster Affiliation Winchester College, UK Position Classics Teacher Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2018-02-21 We've got this

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