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Autore |
Lois Jennifer |
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Titolo |
Home Is Where the School Is : The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering / / Jennifer Lois |
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New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women teachers |
Mothers |
Home schooling |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Homeschooling Mothers -- 2. Coming to a Decision -- 3. Defending Good-Mother Identities -- 4. Adding the Teacher Role -- 5. Losing Me-Time -- 6. Looking Back -- 7. Taking Stock of the Present -- 8. Looking Forward -- 9. Savoring Motherhood -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explores the experiences of homeschooling mothers Mothers who homeschool their children constantly face judgmental questions about their choices, and yet the homeschooling movement continues to grow with an estimated 1.5 million American children now schooled at home. These children are largely taught by stay-at-home mothers who find that they must tightly manage their daily schedules to avoid burnout and maximize their relationships with their children, and that they must sustain a desire to sacrifice their independent selves for many years in order to savor the experience of motherhood. Home Is Where the School Is is the first comprehensive look into the lives of homeschooling mothers. Drawing on rich data collected through eight years of fieldwork and dozens of in-depth interviews, Jennifer Lois examines the intense effects of the emotional and temporal demands |
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