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Home is where the school is : the logic of homeschooling and the emotional labor of mothering / Jennifer Lois.
LIBRA LC40 .L65 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lois, Jennifer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Home schooling.
- Mothers.
- Women teachers.
- Physical Description:
- x, 229 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- Homeschooling mothers constantly face judgmental questions about their choices, and yet the homeschooling movement continues to grow, with an estimated 1.5 million American children now schooled at home. These children are schooled largely by stay-at-home mothers who must tightly manage their daily schedules to avoid burnout and maximize relationships with their children. In addition to these daily stressors, homeschooling mothers must simultaneously sustain a desire to sacrifice their independent selves for many years in order to savor the experience of motherhood. Drawing on rich data collected through eight years of fieldwork and dozens of in-depth interviews, Home Is Where the School Is provides the first comprehensive look into the lives of homeschooling mothers. Jennifer Lois reveals that at the root of this trend lies the American belief that motherhood ends when children grow up, an understanding that leads more mothers to experience emotional conflict by devoting the bulk of this precious time to nurturing their children. Speaking from the center of the work/life balance debate, Home Is Where the School Is raises profound questions about the expectations of modern motherhood and the limits of parenting. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Homeschooling mothers
- Coming to a decision: first- and second-choice homeschoolers
- Defending good-mother identities: the homeschooling stigma
- Adding the teacher role: domestic labor and burnout
- Losing me-time: the temporal emotion work of motherhood
- Looking back: the homeschooling journey
- Taking stock of the present: perceptions of success
- Looking forward: empty desks, empty nests
- Savoring motherhood.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814752517
- 0814752519
- 9780814752524
- 0814752527
- 9780814789438
- 0814789439
- 9780814759431
- 0814759432
- OCLC:
- 777627043
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