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Author Rosier, Katherine Brown.

Title Mothering inner-city children : the early school years / Katherine Brown Rosier.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2000]
©2000

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.83 R819M    Check Shelf
Description x, 301 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-293) and index.
Contents 1. Mothering in the Inner City -- 2. Parental Involvement and Claims of Family Difference -- 3. Looking for a Place to Sing -- 4. Traditional Strengths and New Challenges -- 5. Parent and Teacher Expectations -- 6. Work, Illness, and Inadequate Support -- 7. Interrupting Social Reproductive Processes -- 8. Independence, Connection, and Adaptability -- 9. Striving for Respectability -- 10. Culture Shock and Faithful Effort -- 11. Complexity and Contradictions: Constructing Hope in Discouraging Environments.
Subject Women with social disabilities -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- Interviews.
Women heads of households -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- Interviews.
African American single mothers -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- Interviews.
Children with social disabilities -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- Case studies.
Children with social disabilities -- Education -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- Case studies.
Education -- Parent participation -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- Case studies.
Child rearing -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- Case studies.
ISBN 0813527961 cloth alkaline paper
9780813527963 cloth alkaline paper
091352797X (pbk. : alk. paper)
081352797X
9780813527970
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