Codes and contradictions : race, gender identity, and schooling
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Codes and contradictions : race, gender identity, and schooling
(SUNY series, power, social identity and education)
State University of New York Press, c2000
- : pbk
Available at 15 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
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
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