Bread and Roses : Voices of Australian Academics from the Working Class / edited by Dee Michell, Jacqueline Z. Wilson, Verity Archer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Michell, Dee, Editor.

Wilson, Jacqueline Z., Editor.

Archer, Verity, Editor.

Series:

Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bread and Roses is an Australian first, a collection of stories from academics who identify as coming from working-class backgrounds. At once inspiring and challenging, the collection demonstrates how individual narratives are both personal and structural, in that they illustrate the ways in which social forces shape individual lives. Central themes in the book are generational changes in university education provision in Australia, the complexities of coming from a working class background and being female, or coming from a working class background and being female and a recent migrant, and the particular challenges facing students and staff from rural and regional areas. An essential read for anyone interested in widening participation programs in higher education, including administrators, academics, past and present students, Bread and Roses is both a map for those who want to undertake a similar journey and a community for those who want to join.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Dee Michell , Jacqueline Z. Wilson and Verity Archer

The ‘C’ Word / May Ngo

I Didn’t Work for It / Martin Forsey

‘Stumbling Forwards – Understanding Backwards’ / Rob Watts

Which Voice? Which Working Class? / Terry Irving

Wog Westie Feminist / Zora Simic

Reinventing the Self in Academia / Pam Papadelos

A Space for Self-Fashioning / John Docker

You Can Take the Girl out of Reservoir / Gwenda Tavan

From Blue Collar to Academic Gown / Andrew P. Lynch

Injuries and Privileges / Bob Pease

From the Island to the Mainland (and Back?) / Naomi Parry

First in the Family / Hunter Anitra Goriss and Burke Jenene

Is There Anything Better than Working Class? / Georgina Tsolidis

Constructing a Pedigree / Adele Chynoweth

A Hooligan in the Hallway? / Heather Fraser

Social Justice, Respect and Professional Integrity / Grace Brown , Melissa Petrakis , Catherine Flynn , Bernadette Saunders , Philip Mendes and Marija Dragic

From the Shtetl to the Academy / Howard Karger

From Being a Fish out of Water to Swimming with the School / Greg Marston

Working amongst the ‘Dregs of the Middle Class’ / John Scott.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789463001274

9463001271

OCLC:

912402985