School-smart and Mother-wise
Working-Class Women's Identity and Schooling
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | Wendy Luttrell | ISBN: | 9781317959090 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | February 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Wendy Luttrell |
| ISBN: | 9781317959090 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | February 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
