We can Get Everything We Want if We Try Hard’
Young People, Celebrity, Hard Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8408153 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heather Mendick (0000-0003-4902-5519, Brunel University of London, corresponding author), Kim Allen (0000-0002-5583-8519, Manchester Metropolitan University), Laura Harvey (0000-0002-3558-0960, University of Surrey) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-178 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00071005.2014.1002382 |
| OpenAlex | W2015600293 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 26 |
Drawing on 24 group interviews on celebrity with 148 students aged 14–17 across six schools, we show that ‘hard work’ is valued by young people in England. We argue that we should not simply celebrate this investment in hard work. While it opens up successful subjectivities to previously excluded groups, it reproduces neoliberal meritocratic discourses and class and gender distinctions
Class (philosophy) · Epistemology · Media studies · Meritocracy · Political science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Citations per year | 4.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |