‘I’d like to thank the academy’ – Social mobility, education and literary form
European Journal of Cultural Studies
Published online on March 21, 2026
Abstract
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This article analyses the entanglements of sociological research on social mobility and autosociobiographies (class-transition narratives) in France. This emerging and very successful genre has, since Didier Eribon’sReturning to Reims, established itself ...
This article analyses the entanglements of sociological research on social mobility and autosociobiographies (class-transition narratives) in France. This emerging and very successful genre has, since Didier Eribon’sReturning to Reims, established itself ...