School-smart And Mother-wise
Working-class Women's Identity And Schooling
- Editore:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Collana:
- Perspectives On Gender
- EAN:
9780415910118
- ISBN:
0415910110
- Pagine:
- 184
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione School-smart And Mother-wise
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.