An in-depth analysis of how social constituents of identity influence and are
influenced by the processes of a specific social site—a school.
School Worldsaddresses debates on:
• The role that a school plays in the construction of gender, social class and
religious attitudes of its students
• The kind of interactions that take place in school settings due to the varied
perceptions of these social identities
• The influence of peer relations and the manner in which gender differences are
constituted, re-structured and sometimes overcome
The book focuses on the experiences of schooling through an ethnographic study
of everyday life in a secondary school. It assesses classroom interactions
amongst teachers