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School-smart and Mother-wise

By Wendy Luttrell

School-smart and Mother-wise

By Wendy Luttrell

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School-smart and Mother-wise illustrates how and why American education disadvantages working-class women when they are children and adults. In it we hear working-class women--black and white, rural and urban, southern and northern--recount their childhood experiences, describing the circumstances that led them to drop out of school. Now enrolled in adult education programs, they seek more than a diploma: respect, recognition, and a public identity. Drawing upon the life stories of these women, Wendy Luttrell sensitively describes and analyzes the politics and psychodynamics that shape working-class life, schooling, and identity. She examines the paradox of women's education, particularly the relationship between schooling and mothering, and offers practical suggestions for school reform.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
182
Release Date:
1997-04-01
Publication Date:
1997-06-12
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0415910110
ISBN13:
9780415910118
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
423 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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