The gift economy of elite schooling: the changing contours and contradictions of privilege benefaction

Jane Kenway; Johannah Clare Fahey

doi:10.1080/01425692.2014.970268

The gift economy of elite schooling: the changing contours and contradictions of privilege benefaction

Jane Kenway, Johannah Clare Fahey

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Abstract

Privileged benefaction in elite schools and the moral dilemmas, contradictions and power politics involved are the focus of this paper. The notion of ?the gift? provides our analytical lens. We concentrate on two girls? schools ? one in South Africa and one in England. These were both built, in various ways, on the British model of public schooling. These schools pride themselves on their gifting practices. We offer a broad overview of the different local and global manifestations of and justifications for these practices as they occur in these schools and in the transnational organisations of which the schools are members.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95 - 115
Number of pages	21
Journal	British Journal of Sociology of Education
Volume	36
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2014.970268
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Kenway, J., & Fahey, J. C. (2015). The gift economy of elite schooling: the changing contours and contradictions of privilege benefaction. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 36(1), 95 - 115. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2014.970268

Kenway, Jane ; Fahey, Johannah Clare. / The gift economy of elite schooling: the changing contours and contradictions of privilege benefaction. In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 2015 ; Vol. 36, No. 1. pp. 95 - 115.

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The gift economy of elite schooling: the changing contours and contradictions of privilege benefaction. / Kenway, Jane; Fahey, Johannah Clare.

In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2015, p. 95 - 115.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

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