Population, Space and Place
2018
Unpacking distinction within mobility: Social prestige and international students (Article in Press)
Prazeres L.*
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School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Abstract
This paper investigates the complex ways in which young people engage in social distinction within international mobility. The study offers novel conceptual and empirical insights by examining how distinction and social advantage is reproduced through short-term student mobility from the Global North to the Global South. In doing so, it elucidates the iterative process of distinction-making within mobility and argues that young mobile people negotiate a tension between different forms of distinction. Specifically, it unpacks and conceptualises distinction into dual categories—collective and individual—and suggests that students alternate and waver between these categories in order to both validate and elevate their position within a mobility hierarchy. The paper also considers how particular places are viewed as more distinctive and affording greater gains in cultural and symbolic capital. It concludes with future interrogations and ways forward for research on international mobility and distinction. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85052842982&doi=10.1002%2fpsp.2190&partnerID=40&md5=83f7a38f36e1a8ce1146d71e2d193465
DOI: 10.1002/psp.2190
ISSN: 15448444
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English