| Description |
xi, 248 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
SUNY series, power, social identity, and education |
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SUNY series, power, social identity, and education.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Social class, race/ethnicity, gender, and schooling: a theoretical overview -- The social, economic, and educational status of African American, Latina and white women in the United States -- Young white working-class women: envisioning adult lives -- Young women of African American and Puerto Rican descent: anticipating lives as adult women -- Young women of Dominican and South American descent: constructing possibilities for the future -- Redefining |
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relationships to schooling -- The formal curriculum -- The social construction of gender within the school -- Conclusions. |
| Subject |
Women -- Education -- Social aspects -- United States -- Case studies.
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Women -- United States -- Identity -- Case studies.
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Race awareness -- United States -- Case studies.
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Feminism and education -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0791445194 alkaline paper |
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0791445208 paperback alkaline paper |
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