{"product_id":"claiming-space-performing-the-personal-through-decorated-mortarboards-paperback","title":"Claiming Space: Performing the Personal Through Decorated Mortarboards - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheila Bock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaiming Space\u003c\/i\u003e examines the growing tradition of decorating mortarboards at college graduations, offering a performance-centered approach to these material sites of display. Taking mortarboard displays seriously as public performances of the personal, this book highlights the creative, playful, and powerful ways graduates use their caps to fashion their personal engagement with notions of self, community, education, and the unknown future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Claiming the space of these graduation caps is a popular and widespread way that individuals make their voices heard, or rather seen, in the visual landscape of commencement ceremonies. The forms and meanings of these material displays take shape in relation to broader, ongoing conversations about higher education in the United States, conversations grounded in discourses of belonging, citizenship, and the promises of the American Dream. Integrating observational fieldwork with extensive interviews and surveys, author Sheila Bock highlights the interpretations of individuals participating in this tradition. She also attends to the public framings of this tradition, including how images of mortarboards have grounded online enactments of community through hashtags such as #LatinxGradCaps and #LetTheFeathersFly, as well as what rhetorical framings are employed in news coverage and legal documents in cases where the value of the practice is both called into question and justified. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As university administrators and cultural commentators seek to make sense of the current state of higher education, these forms of material expression offer insight into how students themselves are grappling with higher ed's promises and shortcomings. \u003ci\u003eClaiming Space\u003c\/i\u003e is a meaningful contribution to folklore, cultural studies, media studies, and education. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila Bock\u003c\/b\u003e is a folklorist and associate professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is an award-winning teacher and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eNarrative Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and has published numerous articles and book chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460877566130,"sku":"9781646425242","price":37.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/6aa3dd0d919adb9af843dacee4ed120f.webp?v=1778934349","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/claiming-space-performing-the-personal-through-decorated-mortarboards-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}