| Educated in Romance: Women, Achievement, and College Culture Contributor(s): Holland, Dorothy C. (Author), Eisenhart, Margaret A. (Author), Connell, R. W. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0226349438 ISBN-13: 9780226349435 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1991 Annotation: Is romance more important to women in college than grades are? Why do so many women enter college with strong academic backgrounds and firm career goals but leave with dramatically scaled-down ambitions? Dorothy C. Holland and Margaret A. Eisenhart expose a pervasive "culture of romance" on campus: a high-pressure peer system that propels women into a world where their attractiveness to men counts most. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 376.650 |
| LCCN: 90034489 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.2" W x 9.34" (1.16 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Is romance more important to women in college than grades are? Why do so many women enter college with strong academic backgrounds and firm career goals but leave with dramatically scaled-down ambitions? Dorothy C. Holland and Margaret A. Eisenhart expose a pervasive culture of romance on campus: a high-pressure peer system that propels women into a world where their attractiveness to men counts most. |