Codes and Contradictions, livre ebook

This in-depth look at a diverse group of young women at an alternative high school illuminates issues of race, class, gender, and identity formation, and shows the enormous power of schools to re-orient young women from school failure to success.

This in-depth look at a diverse group of young women at an alternative high school illuminates issues of race, class, gender, and identity formation, and shows the enormous power of schools to re-orient young women from school failure to success.

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