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Making use of theory, reflection, narrativity and auto/biographical writing, Jane Thompson provides a comprehensive understanding of what learning really means, and what education can contribute to the struggles of working class women intent on changing the circumstances of their lives.
Organized into three parts, in the first section, Thompson draws on autobiographical experience to root theoretical understanding in the authority of personal knowledge. In part two, she illustrates how theoretical analysis can inform arguments about women's changing relationships to class, community, consciousness and education. In the final part, she provides detailed examples of educational work she has been involved in with working class women.
Containing vivid autobiographical narratives from women in England and Northern Ireland, Women, Class and Education explores compelling personal narratives that underline the importance of feminism as a source of political inspiration, social analysis and change.
List of contents
1. Resources for a journey PART ONE: REFLEXIONS 2. Returning to the Northern City 3. In September my Mother Folded her Starched White Blouse 4. The Comprehensive Solution 5. Gloria had a word for it 6. Once a feminist... PART TWO: CONNECTIONS 7. Class Matters 8. Women in Working Class Communities 9. On Consciousness and Contradictions 11. All Over the Bar Shouting? PART THREE: ILLUSTRATIONS 11. Derry Days 12. Active in the Union 13. Ruskin - the Workmen's University (sic) 14. Out from Under
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Jane Thompson
Summary
Making use of theory, reflection, narrativity and auto/biographical writing, this book forms an accessible understanding of what learning means and what education can contribute to the struggles of working class women.
