Social class as flow and mutability: the Barbados case
Social class as flow and mutability: the Barbados case
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DOI：
10.1080/01425692.2014.967838
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发表时间：
2015-01-02
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
McCarthy, Cameron
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作者：
Greenhalgh-Spencer, Heather;Castro, Michelle;McCarthy, Cameron
本文借鉴了民族志研究，考察了巴巴多斯旧学院高中后殖民精英学校背景下阶级身份的当代表达。从本研究得出的定性数据来看，我们认为社会阶层最好被理解为一系列流动、突变、表现和行为体。我们对这所精英学校的学生和校友的生活经历进行了细致入微的研究，从而使“阶级是一个稳定的结构，可以对人进行分类”这一常识性观念复杂化。我们关注的是在日益全球化的空间中，学生的着装、技术设备的使用、语言的运用以及学生主导的社会阶级表达。阶级是由学生的财产和渴望来定义和（重新）塑造的，所有这些都是可变的，并且可以根据当地和全球的供求情况随时发生变化。
This article draws on ethnographic research that examines the contemporary articulation of class identity in the postcolonial elite school setting of Old College high school in Barbados. From the qualitative data derived from this study, we argue that social class is better conceived as a series of flows, mutations, performances and performatives. We complicate the common-sense notion that class is a stable structure that allows for the categorization of people by providing a nuanced look into the lived experiences of students and alumni at this elite school. We focus on the wearing of uniforms, the use of technological devices, the deployment of language, and student-lead articulations of social class in an increasingly globalized space. Class is defined and (re-)shaped by students' belongings and longings, all of which, too, are, mutable, and can readily mutate in accordance with local and global circumstances of supply and demand.