Codes and Contradictions: Race, Gender Identity, and Schooling

by Jeanne Weiler

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791445194
• ISBN13: 9780791445198
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"