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Staging an Educated Self: Linguistic Displays of Schooling among Rural Z ambian Children
Author(s) -
Clemensen Nana
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12105
Subject(s) - sociology , rural area , psychology , gender studies , political science , law
This article explores interpretations of schooling as produced by 6–12‐year‐old children in a rural Z ambian community. Applying linguistic‐anthropological analyses of their peer interactions, the author discusses symbolic reworkings of schooling and “educatedness” among children frequently labeled as “slow” or “backwards” in the classroom setting and national discourse. This discussion includes the apparent disparities between the tangible and symbolic roles of school in the context of the children's lifeworlds and future horizons.