1st Edition

Women, Class And Education

By Jane Thompson Copyright 2000
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

Making use of theory, reflection, narrativity and auto/biographical writing, Jane Thompson provides a comprehensive understanding of what learning really means, and what education can contribute to the struggles of working class women intent on changing the circumstances of their lives. Organized into three parts, in the first section, Thompson draws on autobiographical experience to root... Read more
1. Resources for a journey PART ONE: REFLEXIONS 2. Returning to the Northern City 3. In September my Mother Folded her Starched White Blouse 4. The Comprehensive Solution 5. Gloria had a word for it 6. Once a feminist... PART TWO: CONNECTIONS 7. Class Matters 8. Women in Working Class Communities 9. On Consciousness and Contradictions 11. All Over the Bar Shouting? PART THREE: ILLUSTRATIONS 11. Derry Days 12. Active in the Union 13. Ruskin - the Workmen's University (sic) 14. Out from Under

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Jane Thompson