‘The role of celebrity in young people’s classed and gendered aspirations’ is an ESRC funded research project which examines the relationship between celebrity culture, inequalities of class and gender and young people’s educational experiences, identities and transitions.
The project has an active website (http://www.celebyouth.org/ ) and twitter account (@CelebYouthUK) and the team regularly post blogs about the project and related issues – past posts have included an analysis of David Cameron’s ‘Aspiration Nation’ speech, a piece on Post-feminism and Olympic Role Models, and several on methodological dilemmas in youth research.
The research team are now welcoming guest contributions to the website from other people who are interested or working on topics related to the project. This could be work on celebrity and popular culture; young people’s aspirations and educational transitions; inequalities of class and gender; education policy; and/or the links between these.
We welcome guest contributions on these topics from anyone – from students, doctoral researchers, teachers, and academics – the only condition is that they are original and that what you write needs to fit with the broadly sociological, feminist and critical approach of the website.
If you would like to write for us please take a look at our website for more details http://www.celebyouth.org/write-for-celebyouth/ and get in touch with Heather Mendick (heathermendick@yahoo.co.uk ) to discuss your ideas.
Many thanks in advance
Kim Allen (Manchester Metropolitan University), Heather Mendick and Laura Harvey (Brunel University)
Mark Carrigan 