Codes and Contradictions

Jeanne Drysdale Weiler

Description

This book examines the variations in the constitution of female gender in a group of young working class women of African American, Latina, U.S., Puerto Rican, and white European backgrounds who are enrolled in an alternative high school for students at risk of academic failure. It then analyzes the school processes that impact on the shaping of the young women's gender identities and provides evidence that female gender identity among various racial or ethnic backgrounds can be very dissimilar. It also illustrates the enormous power of schools to re-orient young women who have previous experiences of academic failure to view education as crucial to attaining their future goals.
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Preface

Chapter 1
Introduction

Chapter 2
Social Class, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Schooling: A Theoretical Overview

Chapter 3
The Social, Economic, and Educational Status of African American, Latina, and White Women in the United States

Chapter 4
Young White Working-Class Women: Envisioning Adult Lives

Chapter 5
Young Women of African American and Puerto Rican Descent: Anticipating Lives As Adult Women

Chapter 6
Young Women of Dominican and South American Descent: Constructing Possibilities for the Future

Chapter 7
Redefining Relationships to Schooling

Chapter 8
The Formal Curriculum

Chapter 9
The Social Construction of Gender Within the School

Chapter 10
Conclusions

Postscript

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Sujets

• Education

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791492871
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 133 Mo

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