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'It was fine if you wanted to leave': Educational ambivalence in a Nova Scotian coastal community 1963-1998
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posted on 2023-05-18, 10:11 authored by Michael CorbettThis article reports on a study of schooling in southwest Nova Scotia. Using Bourdieu’s concepts of cultural capital and habitus, I analyze rural men’s relationships involving identity, work, place, and schooling to explain continuing high male dropout rates and local traditions of ambivalence and resistance to schooling. I conclude that the tension between formal schooling and place is endemic in many rural communities and that qualitative migration analysis can reveal the complexity of relationships between learning and leaving. [rural education, migration, Nova Scotia, school persistence]
History
Publication title
Anthropology and Education QuarterlyVolume
35Issue
4Pagination
451-471ISSN
1548-1492Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
University of California PressPlace of publication
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Copyright 2004 by the American Anthropological AssociationRepository Status
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