Intersectionality and Race in Education

Education is a controversial subject in which difficult and contested discourses are the norm. Individuals in education experience multiple inequalities and have diverse identifications that cannot necessarily be captured by one theoretical perspective alone. This edited collection draws on empirical and theoretical research to examine the intersections of race, gender and class, alongside other aspects of personhood, within education.

Education is a controversial subject in which difficult and contested discourses are the norm. This edited collection draws on empirical and theoretical research to examine the intersections of 'race', gender and class, alongside other aspects of personhood, within education.

Introduction: Intersectionality and ¿Race¿ in Education: Theorising Difference Kalwant Bhopal and John Preston 1. The Unhappy Marriage Between Marxism and Race Critique: Political Economy and the Production of Racialized Knowledge Zeus Leonardo 2. The White Working Class, Racism and Respectability: Victims, Degenerates and Interest-Convergence David Gillborn 3. Interrogating Pigmentocracy: The Intersections of Race and Social Class in the Primary Education of Afro-Trinidadian Boys Ravi Rampersad 4. A Critical Appraisal of Critical Race Theory (CRT): Limitations and Opportunities Alpesh Maisuria 5. Race Slash Class: Mixed Heritage Youth in a London School Indra Dewan 6. ¿If Yoüre Holding a Degree in This Country No-One¿s Gonna Ask No Questions¿: Intra-Categorical Intersectionality and BAME Youth Post-Compulsory Educational Achievement in the U.K. Andrew Morrison 7. Intersections of ¿Race,¿ Class and Gender in the Social and Political Identifications of Young Muslims in England Farzana Shain 8. Understanding Class Anxiety and ¿Race¿ Certainty in Changing Times: Moments of Home, School, Body and Identity Configuration in `New Migrant¿ Dublin Karl Kitching 9. Beyond Culture: From Beyoncé¿s Dream, ¿If You Thought I Would Wait for You, You Got It Wrong¿ (2008), to the Age of Michelle Obama Namita Chakrabarty 10. Intelligibility, Agency, and the Raced-Nationed-Religioned Subjects of Education Deborah Youdell. Conclusion: Intersectional Theories and `Race¿: From Toolkit to `Mash Up¿ John Preston and Kalwant Bhopal