Jocks and Burnouts explained
Jocks and Burnouts: Social Categories and Identity in the High School is a 1989 book-length ethnographic study of social class in a Detroit high school written by sociolinguist Penelope Eckert.
Further reading
- DaMatta . Roberto . Review of Jocks and Burnouts: Social Categories and Identity in the High School . American Anthropologist . 93 . 4 . 1005–1006 . 1991 . en . 10.1525/aa.1991.93.4.02a00710 . 0002-7294 . 681033 . mdy-all .
- Montemayor . Raymond . Review of Jocks and Burnouts: Social Categories and Identity in the High School . Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books . 35 . 11 . 1095 . November 1990 . 10.1037/030608 . 0010-7549 . mdy-all .
- Review of Jocks and Burnouts: Social Categories and Identity in the High School . Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health . 5 . 22 . June 1990 . 0886-3784 . mdy-all .
- Useem . Elizabeth L. . Review of Jocks and Burnouts: Social Categories and Identity in High School . . 19 . 6 . 900–901 . 1990 . 10.2307/2073258 . 0094-3061 . 2073258 . mdy-all .
