The article explores the interactional management of class relations using atrocity stories as a conceptual device vis-à-vis new case study data. We argue that interactionist ideas are well placed to comment on the hidden injuries of class in the higher education sector and demonstrate this using atrocity stories and Goffman's work. We use the atrocity stories of atypical cases (non-traditional graduates of an elite university) to expose class differences. Atrocity stories and Goffman's work on cooling, impression management, and total institutions were used here to unlock extended interviews with graduates from the 1960s–1980s who attended one elite British university. The findings expose the manifestation of the English class structure and a variety of responses. The conclusion finds evidence of resistance rather than challenge. A call is made for more longitudinal ethnographic research exploring how universities might promote access agendas—with particular attention to those both upwardly and downwardly mobile.

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暴行故事和进入精英大学的途径：车站里的鸡

本文使用暴行故事作为与新案例研究数据相关的概念工具，探讨了阶级关系的互动管理。我们认为，互动主义思想非常适合评论高等教育部门中隐藏的阶级伤害，并使用暴行故事和戈夫曼的作品来证明这一点。我们用非典型案例（精英大学的非传统毕业生）的暴行故事来揭露阶级差异。暴行故事和戈夫曼在冷静、印象管理和整体制度方面的工作在这里被用来解锁对 1960 年代至 1980 年代就读于一所英国精英大学的毕业生的扩展采访。调查结果揭示了英语课堂结构的表现和各种反应。结论找到了抵抗而不是挑战的证据。