13 Facts About Paul Willis

Paul Willis was born on 1945 and is a British social scientist known for his work in sociology and cultural studies.

Paul Willis' work is widely read in the fields of sociology, anthropology, and education, his work emphasizing consumer culture, socialization, music, and popular culture.

Paul Willis was born in Wolverhampton and received his education at the University of Cambridge and at the University of Birmingham.

Paul Willis worked at Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and subsequently at the University of Wolverhampton.

Paul Willis's work has focused mainly, but not exclusively, on the ethnographic study of lived cultural forms in a wide variety of contexts.

Paul Willis gave a paper at the 9th Symposium of the National Deviancy Conference in January 1972 entitled 'A Motor-Bike Subculture'.

In 2003 Paul Willis was hired as a Head Professor of social and cultural ethnography at Keele University.

Paul Willis is the founder and editor of the international journal Ethnography of Sage Publishing.

Paul Willis is best known for his rich ethnographic studies of working-class youth culture.

Paul Willis is a prominent member of the celebrated Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, and is the joint founding editor of the journal Ethnography.

Paul Willis' studies thrived on distinct fieldwork experiences with everyday people.

Paul Willis stresses that structural conditions constrain symbolic work to rigid boundaries, more specifically the ever-shifting, unrelenting structure of 'class'.

Paul Willis suggests that Willis' recommendations are somewhat anachronistic, and too class orientated.