Mothering by Degrees
272 pages, 6 x 9
1 table
Paperback
Release Date:31 May 2017
ISBN:9780813588421
Hardcover
Release Date:31 May 2017
ISBN:9780813588438
Mothering by Degrees
Single Mothers and the Pursuit of Postsecondary Education
SERIES:
The American Campus
Rutgers University Press
Winner of the 2018 AERA Division J Outstanding Publication Award
In Mothering by Degrees, Jillian Duquaine-Watson shows how single mothers pursuing college degrees must navigate a difficult course as they attempt to reconcile their identities as single moms, college students, and in many cases, employees. They also negotiate a balance between what they think a good mother should be, and what society is telling them, and how that affects their choices to go to college, and whether to stay in college or not.
The first book length study to focus on the lives and experiences of single mothers who are college students, Mothering by Degrees points out how these women are influenced by dominant American ideologies of motherhood, and the institutional parameters of the schools they attend, and argues for increased attention to the specific ways in which the choices, challenges, and opportunities available to mothers are shaped within their specific environments, as well as the ways in which mothers help shape those environments...
In Mothering by Degrees, Jillian Duquaine-Watson shows how single mothers pursuing college degrees must navigate a difficult course as they attempt to reconcile their identities as single moms, college students, and in many cases, employees. They also negotiate a balance between what they think a good mother should be, and what society is telling them, and how that affects their choices to go to college, and whether to stay in college or not.
The first book length study to focus on the lives and experiences of single mothers who are college students, Mothering by Degrees points out how these women are influenced by dominant American ideologies of motherhood, and the institutional parameters of the schools they attend, and argues for increased attention to the specific ways in which the choices, challenges, and opportunities available to mothers are shaped within their specific environments, as well as the ways in which mothers help shape those environments...
Jillian Duquaine-Watson casts an insightful eye on how determined single mothers navigate the obstacles of time, money, and a chilly campus climate as they seek to improve their family's fortunes by pursuing a higher degree. These rich stories shatter stereotypes, inspire admiration, and call out for attention.'
Jillian Duquaine-Watson casts an insightful eye on how determined single mothers navigate the obstacles of time, money, and a chilly campus climate as they seek to improve their family's fortunes by pursuing a higher degree. These rich stories shatter stereotypes, inspire admiration, and call out for attention.'
Read Jillian Duquaine-Watson's Interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/article/Scholar-Finds-That-Academe-s/240004
JILLIAN M. DUQUAINE-WATSON is a senior lecturer in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Lessons from My Grandmother
1 The Politics of Single Motherhood in America
2 Trying to Make Ends Meet
3 Clocks and Calendars
4 Navigating America’s Child Care Crisis
5 Mothering Alone in a Chilly Climate
Conclusion
Addendum
Notes
Bibliography
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