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Reflections From the Wrong Side of the Tracks
Muzzatti, Stephen L.; Samarco, C. Vincent
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Description for Reflections From the Wrong Side of the Tracks
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
In this edited collection of narrative-based, critically situated essays, each contributor explores how class has affected his/her personal and academic lives. The collection is divided into three sections: i) narratives that critique the meritocracy; ii) narratives that trace the effects of middle class cultural capital on relatively new academics from the working class, and; iii) narratives that explore the effects of class on longtime academics from the working class. The effect of the collection will be cumulative. By choosing contributors from multiple disciplines, including both established and emerging voices, the text articulates the pervasiveness of class bias in this country ... Read more
In this edited collection of narrative-based, critically situated essays, each contributor explores how class has affected his/her personal and academic lives. The collection is divided into three sections: i) narratives that critique the meritocracy; ii) narratives that trace the effects of middle class cultural capital on relatively new academics from the working class, and; iii) narratives that explore the effects of class on longtime academics from the working class. The effect of the collection will be cumulative. By choosing contributors from multiple disciplines, including both established and emerging voices, the text articulates the pervasiveness of class bias in this country ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742535114
SKU
V9780742535114
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About Muzzatti, Stephen L.; Samarco, C. Vincent
Stephen L. Muzzatti is Assistant Professor of sociology at Ryerson University, Toronto. C. Vincent Samarco is Associate Professor of American literature and creative writing at Saginaw Valley State University. He also teaches creative writing at the Saginaw Correctional Facility.
Reviews for Reflections From the Wrong Side of the Tracks
This collection is quite effective in capturing a representation of the diversity, including the similar and dissimilar experiences, of those aspiring and successful academics from a working class background.
Gregg Barak, Eastern Michigan University; author of Violence and Nonviolence: Pathways to Understanding This is a relevant and emotionally compelling collection of essays. The authors delve deeply into to the ... Read more
Gregg Barak, Eastern Michigan University; author of Violence and Nonviolence: Pathways to Understanding This is a relevant and emotionally compelling collection of essays. The authors delve deeply into to the ... Read more