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Performing privilege: Narratives about self-educating

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In this article, I investigate narratives about educational trajectories among contemporary Danish youth and their relation to classed positions. The article is based on interviews with students conducted after graduation from the Danish gymnasium and preceding ethnographic fieldwork among these students. In the article, I focus on narratives constructed by two students who were positioned as competent students during their time at the gymnasium and who articulate a wish to become self-educated entrepreneurs. I argue that these narrative constructions can be related to their accumulated capital and be interpreted as a way to perform privileged positions.

Source: Language & Communication

DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2025.09.001

Author: Anne Larsen

Institution: University of Copenhagen

Language: English

Topic: Social and Cultural Dynamics

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,030