Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia : Literacy Practices Since College

Even some enlightened academicians automatically-and incorrectly-connect illiteracy to Appalachia, contends Katherine Kelleher Sohn. After overhearing two education professionals refer to the southern accent of a waiter and then launch into a few redneck jokes, Sohn wondered why rural, working-class...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sohn, Katherine Kelleher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Frau
Ländlicher Raum
Hochschulbildung
Literacy.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Femmes en milieu rural > Kentucky > Vie intellectuelle.
Rural women > Kentucky > Intellectual life.
Women college graduates > Kentucky > Language > Case studies.
Literacy > Kentucky > Case studies.
Kentucky
Kentucky.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Series Statement; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Preston County Study; 2. Theory and Context: Silence, Voice, and Identity; 3. The Literacy Practices of Lucy: Reading Her World; 4. The Literacy Practices of Jean: Learning for Life; 5. The Literacy Practices of Sarah: Fulfilling a Mother's Dream; Conclusion; Appendix A: Interview Questions, January-February 1999; Appendix B: Questions for Family Members; Appendix C: Final Case Study Interview Questions, April-May 1999; Appendix D: Marty and I.
  • Appendix E: Grandma's Chocolate GravyAppendix F: Looks Can Be Deceiving; Appendix G: Lucy's Letters to the Editor; Works Cited; Index; Author Biography; Other Books in the Studies in Writing & Rhetoric Series; Back Cover.

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