Recontextualising and Recontesting Bourdieu in Chinese Education: Habitus, Mobility and Language

This edited collection explores the application of Bourdieu's sociology to Chinese education, advancing his analysis beyond national scales and producing new knowledge about habitus, mobilities, and languages in relation to Chinese education. It grapples with structural invariances and inequivalences between Chinese education and society and social spaces in other parts of the world.

Format: Hardback
Length: 204 pages
Publication date: 25 August 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

For over four decades, scholars have delved into the applicability of Bourdieu's sociology beyond the French and Algerian contexts of its origin. This edited collection specifically focuses on China, applying Bourdieu's analysis of practice to understand the growing relevance and attention of Chinese education on a global scale.

Recontextualising and Recontesting Bourdieu in Chinese Education: Grounded in Empirical Research advances Bourdieu's analysis of practice beyond national boundaries, generating valuable insights into the formation of habitus, mobilities, and languages in relation to Chinese education. By situating Chinese education within national and transnational contexts, this collection addresses the structural inequalities and disparities between Chinese education and society, as well as the contrasts with social spaces in other parts of the world. Through chapters that explore social mobility within the context of cross-border movements and delve into issues of language and power, this book challenges and problematises the use of Bourdieu's sociology to theorise social classification and differentiation in China.

This book holds immense significance for Chinese educational researchers and practitioners, Bourdieusian scholars with a particular interest in education, and sociologists of education in general. It provides a comprehensive and insightful exploration of Bourdieu's theory in the context of Chinese education, offering valuable perspectives and methodologies for understanding the complex dynamics of social reproduction and transformation in this rapidly evolving society.

Weight: 570g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032355306