Through My Own Eyes - Single Mothers and the Cultures of Poverty

"Through My Own Eyes" offers a firsthand look at how single American mothers with the slimmest of resources manage from day to day. For three years the authors followed the lives of fourteen women from poor Boston neighborhoods, all of whom had young children and had been receiving welfare intermittently.

List of contents

Acknowledgments Empowering Strangers Fourteen Poor Women, Fourteen Rich Lives Motherhood in Poverty Conceptions of Children's Behavior Cultural Models of Child Rearing Discipline and Obedience Cultural Models of Education Negotiating Child Care and Welfare Teachers' Views of Preschool Lessons from Listening: Strengthening Family Policy and Local Practice Notes Index

About the author

Susan D. Holloway is Adjunct Professor of Education at the University of California, Berkeley.Bruce Fuller is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education at the University of California, Berkeley.Marylee F. Rambaud is an independent scholar currently serving as a private consultant in girls' and women's development.Costanza Eggers-Piérola is an independent scholar currently serving as a private consultant in girls’ and women’s development.

Summary

Through My Own Eyes offers a firsthand look at how single American mothers with the slimmest of resources manage from day to day. For three years the authors followed the lives of fourteen women from poor Boston neighborhoods, all of whom had young children and had been receiving welfare intermittently.

Product details

• Authors: Costanza Eggers-Pierola, Costanza Eggers-Piérola, Bruce Fuller, Fuller Bruce, Susan Holloway, Susan D. Holloway, Holloway Susan D., Marylee F. Rambaud, Rambaud Marylee F.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.2001
• EAN: 9780674001800
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00180-0
• Weight: 404 g
• Illustrations: 3 tables
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General, United States of America, USA, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology: family and relationships, Child welfare and youth services, Poverty and precarity