Culture shock revisited: The social and cultural contingencies to class marginality

Sociological Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 453-475

  Jack, Anthony Abraham ^a  

^a Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Education; Marginality; Race; Sense of belonging; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901654202     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/socf.12092     Document Type: Article

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