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- Title
"Always in My Face": An Exploration of Social Class Consciousness, Salience, and Values.
- Authors
Martin, Georgianna L.
- Abstract
This qualitative study explores social class consciousness, salience, and values of White, lowincome, first-generation college students. Overall, participants minimized the salience of social class as an aspect of their identity with many of them expressing that they did not want their social class to define them. Although participants largely did not feel as if social class was an important aspect of their identity, it became clear through their stories that this aspect of their identity influenced how they viewed themselves, the world around them, and their higher SES peers in college. Implications for higher education research and practice are discussed.
- Subjects
CLASS consciousness; SOCIAL classes; COLLEGE students' psychology research; SOCIAL perception; GROUP identity
- Publication
Journal of College Student Development, 2015, Vol 56, Issue 5, p471
- ISSN
0897-5264
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/csd.2015.0048