Allison Hurst

Professor


Curriculum vitae



Sociology

Oregon State University



“Les Miraculés: “The Magical Image of the Permanent Miracle” –Constructed Narratives of Self and Mobility from Working-Class Students at an Elite College"


Book chapter


Allison L. Hurst, Deborah Warnock
Elizabeth Lee, Chaise LaDousa, Sharing Space, Negotiating Difference: Contemporary Ethnographies of Power and Marginality on Campus, , Routledge, 2015

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Hurst, A. L., & Warnock, D. (2015). “Les Miraculés: “The Magical Image of the Permanent Miracle” –Constructed Narratives of Self and Mobility from Working-Class Students at an Elite College" In E. Lee & C. LaDousa (Eds.), Sharing Space, Negotiating Difference: Contemporary Ethnographies of Power and Marginality on Campus, . Routledge.


Chicago/Turabian   Click to copy
Hurst, Allison L., and Deborah Warnock. “‘Les Miraculés: ‘The Magical Image of the Permanent Miracle’ –Constructed Narratives of Self and Mobility from Working-Class Students at an Elite College&Quot;” In Sharing Space, Negotiating Difference: Contemporary Ethnographies of Power and Marginality on Campus, , edited by Elizabeth Lee and Chaise LaDousa. Routledge, 2015.


MLA   Click to copy
Hurst, Allison L., and Deborah Warnock. “‘Les Miraculés: ‘The Magical Image of the Permanent Miracle’ –Constructed Narratives of Self and Mobility from Working-Class Students at an Elite College&Quot;” Sharing Space, Negotiating Difference: Contemporary Ethnographies of Power and Marginality on Campus, , edited by Elizabeth Lee and Chaise LaDousa, Routledge, 2015.


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@inbook{allison2015a,
  title = {“Les Miraculés: “The Magical Image of the Permanent Miracle” –Constructed Narratives of Self and Mobility from Working-Class Students at an Elite College"},
  year = {2015},
  publisher = {Routledge},
  author = {Hurst, Allison L. and Warnock, Deborah},
  editor = {Lee, Elizabeth and LaDousa, Chaise},
  booktitle = {Sharing Space, Negotiating Difference: Contemporary Ethnographies of Power and Marginality on Campus, }
}

 
A  translator's  note  in  Bourdieu's   Homo Academicus  states   that  "un  miracule  is commonly   a  miraculously   lucky  survivor   of  some   normally   fatal  accident" (Bourdieu, 1988: 303, n.39). Bourdieu  used the term  to refer to students from the working  class who "made  it against the odds" into  the highest educational  levels in   France.  The   term   connotes   both   specialness   and  fortuitousness.  Used   as Bourdieu  did, it also analogizes the working  class as a train wreck. Indeed, seeing the working  class as something to escape from is foundational  for our discussions about  the relationship  between  education  and mobility. Without recognizing  the. classed  interests  behind  our  discourses  of mobility  we  are bound  to miss  a very important part  of the story. ... In this chapter, we examine the effects of framing mobility as" escape from the working  class" on  the  individuals who have been  ascribed  as both  special  and fortunate. 

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