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PublishedOn
1994-05-28
ISBN
9780226671840
EAN
9780226671840
Book Title
Lives on the Edge : Single Mothers and Their Children in the Other America
Item Length
0.9in
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication Year
1994
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.1in
Author
Valerie Polakow
Genre
Family & Relationships, Social Science
Topic
Children's Studies, Poverty & Homelessness, Women's Studies, Parenting / Single Parent
Item Width
0.6in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz
Number of Pages
232 Pages

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One out of five children, and one out of two single mothers, lives in destitution in America today. The feminization and "infantilization" of poverty have made the United States one of the most dangerous democracies for poor mothers and their children to inhabit. Why then, Valerie Polakow asks, is poverty seen as a private issue, and how can public policy fail to take responsibility for the consequences of our politics of distribution? Written by a committed child advocate, Lives on the Edge draws on social, historical, feminist, and public policy perspectives to develop an informed, wide-ranging critique of American educational and social policy. Stark, penetrating, and unflinching in its first-hand portraits of single mothers in America today, this work challenges basic myths about justice and democracy.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226671844
ISBN-13
9780226671840
eBay Product ID (ePID)
86151

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Book Title
Lives on the Edge : Single Mothers and Their Children in the Other America
Author
Valerie Polakow
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Children's Studies, Poverty & Homelessness, Women's Studies, Parenting / Single Parent
Publication Year
1994
Genre
Family & Relationships, Social Science
Number of Pages
232 Pages

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Item Length
0.9in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
0.6in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz

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Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Childhood Revisited 2: Motherhood and the Ideology of Care 3: The Other Motherhood: The Landscape of Single Mothers in Poverty 4: Young Mothers' Stories: Being Teenage, Black, and Single 5: Mothers' Stories: Contingency Continued 6: Inside Public Preschools: A View from Below 7: The Classroom Worlds of At-Risk Children: Five Portraits 8: Poor Children's Pedagogy: The Construction of At-Risk Students 9: Lives on the Edge Afterword: Some Reflections on the Future Appendix: Some Notes on Method Notes Index
Copyright Date
1994
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
306.85/6/0973
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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