| School-smart and Mother-wise: Working-Class Women's Identity and Schooling Contributor(s): Luttrell, Wendy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415910129 ISBN-13: 9780415910125 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $71.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 Annotation: "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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 371.822 |
| LCCN: 96-39655 |
| Series: Perspectives on Gender |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6" W x 9.04" (0.58 lbs) 180 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
