Knowledgeable Women : Structuralism and the Reproduction of Elites
Sara. Delamont
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (337 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; KNOWLEDGEABLE WOMEN: Structuralism and the Reproduction of Elites; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Part I Introductory themes; 1 Introduction: towards a structuralist sociology of education; 2 Cultural capital and muted groups: the theoretical perspective of the volume; 3 Lessons from St Luke's: women and cultural reproduction; Part II: The mountains of inertia and prejudice: A structuralist discussion of the period 1845-1944; 4 Chaperons, gloves, and cycling in skirts: strategies against pollution in women's education; 5 Classics, chemistry, and cultural capital. - 6 Domesticity or Delilahism? The debates over womanliness and educationPart III Exploring structuralist sociology of education: A critique of sociological accounts for the period 1945-88; 7 A country fit for heroines? Schooling and teaching 1945-88; 8 Excluded from the elite? Women and top jobs 1945-85; 9 Mobile or nubile? Social stratification, mobility, marriage, and education; 10 Professions and powerlessness: the inadequacy of the sociology and the chauvinism of the professionals; Part IV Conclusions; 11 The old middle class strikes back. - Appendix 1: The impact of feminism in the sociology of educationAppendix 2: A note on the history of education; Appendix 3: Direct-grant and independent schools aided by the IFASES 1955-63; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index. - In Knowledgeable Women Sara Delamont traces the history of women's education and the elites it produces. She examines class and gender divisions in the structure and contest of education in Britain and the USA from 1850 to the present day. Her empirical focus is of course elites - especially elite women - but the justification for this is the belief that sociologists should study the powerful as well as the poor and powerless. Above all, Delamont argues the case for the relevance to sociology of a serious study of women, their schooling and professional training, and their struggle to
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| ISBN | 0415015995
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