Learning to Labor - (Legacy Editions) by Paul Willis (Paperback)

Learning to Labor is a groundbreaking book that sheds light on the complex relationship between education, culture, and class.

Through an in-depth ethnographic study of a working-class friendship group in an English industrial town, Willis reveals how resistance to authority in school can actually prepare students for working-class employment.

This provocative account challenges the notion that education is a means of overcoming social hierarchies and highlights the ways in which it can perpetuate them instead.

With its detailed and sympathetic portrayal of working-class people, Learning to Labor demonstrates the importance of subjectivity in shaping our understanding of class and culture.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in sociology, cultural studies, and ethnography, as well as those seeking a deeper understanding of the role of education in perpetuating social inequality.