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School-smart and Mother-wise|Wendy Luttrell

School-smart and Mother-wise : Working-Class Women's Identity and Schooling

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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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780415910118
  • ISBN-10: 0415910110
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: June 1997
  • Dimensions: 9.24 x 6.1 x 0.63 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.83 pounds
  • Page Count: 184

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