FEMINIST THEORY, HABITUS, AND SOCIAL-CLASS - DISRUPTING NOTIONS OF CLASSLESSNESS

In order to draw;out the complexities of social class positionings, th is article draws on the case study of Christine, a woman who grew up w orking-class but came to see herself as ''classless.'' Bourdieu's noti ons of habitus and held are utilised in an attempt to analyse sociolog ically the complex emotional and psychological processes underpinning social class practices within the sphere of parental involvement in ed ucation. ''Classlessness'' no less than identification as middle or wo rking-class can be understood in terms of the shifting, uneasy ways in which class is lived in everyday contemporary Britain. (C) 1997 Elsev ier Science Ltd.