Mothering by Degrees

Single Mothers and the Pursuit of Postsecondary Education

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Higher Education, Family & Relationships, Family Relationships, Motherhood
Cover of the book Mothering by Degrees by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson, Rutgers University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson ISBN: 9780813588445
Publisher: Rutgers University Press Publication: May 31, 2017
Imprint: Rutgers University Press Language: English
Author: Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
ISBN: 9780813588445
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication: May 31, 2017
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Language: English

In Mothering by Degrees, Jillian Duquaine-Watson shows how single mothers pursuing college degrees must navigate a difficult course as they attempt to reconcile their identities as single moms, college students, and in many cases, employees. They also negotiate a balance between what they think a good mother should be, and what society is telling them, and how that affects their choices to go to college, and whether to stay in college or not. 

The first book length study to focus on the lives and experiences of single mothers who are college students, Mothering by Degrees points out how these women are influenced by dominant American ideologies of motherhood, and the institutional parameters of the schools they attend, and argues for increased attention to the specific ways in which the choices, challenges, and opportunities available to mothers are shaped within their specific environments, as well as the ways in which mothers help shape those environments...
 

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In Mothering by Degrees, Jillian Duquaine-Watson shows how single mothers pursuing college degrees must navigate a difficult course as they attempt to reconcile their identities as single moms, college students, and in many cases, employees. They also negotiate a balance between what they think a good mother should be, and what society is telling them, and how that affects their choices to go to college, and whether to stay in college or not. 

The first book length study to focus on the lives and experiences of single mothers who are college students, Mothering by Degrees points out how these women are influenced by dominant American ideologies of motherhood, and the institutional parameters of the schools they attend, and argues for increased attention to the specific ways in which the choices, challenges, and opportunities available to mothers are shaped within their specific environments, as well as the ways in which mothers help shape those environments...
 

More books from Rutgers University Press

Cover of the book Courting Justice by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book The Remembered and Forgotten Jewish World by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book Gender and Violence in Haiti by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book The Resilient Self by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book Worried Sick by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book Demanding Justice and Security by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book Television in the Age of Radio by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book Monstrous Progeny by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book Editing and Special/Visual Effects by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book Directing by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book The Other Air Force by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book Women Artists, Women Exiles by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book Abortion in the American Imagination by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book Framing the Rape Victim by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
Cover of the book Matinee Melodrama by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy