Home Is Where the School Is
The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering
Seiten
2012
New York University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8147-5252-4 (ISBN)
New York University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8147-5252-4 (ISBN)
The first comprehensive look into the lives of homeschooling mothers
Explores the experiences of homeschooling mothers
Mothers who homeschool their children 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 largely taught by stay-at-home mothers who find that they must tightly manage their daily schedules to avoid burnout and maximize their relationships with their children, and that they must sustain a desire to sacrifice their independent selves for many years in order to savor the experience of motherhood. Home Is Where the School Is is the first comprehensive look into the lives of homeschooling mothers. Drawing on rich data collected through eight years of fieldwork and dozens of in-depth interviews, Jennifer Lois examines the intense effects of the emotional and temporal demands that homeschooling places on mothers’ lives, raising profound questions about the expectations of modern motherhood and the limits of parenting.
Explores the experiences of homeschooling mothers
Mothers who homeschool their children 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 largely taught by stay-at-home mothers who find that they must tightly manage their daily schedules to avoid burnout and maximize their relationships with their children, and that they must sustain a desire to sacrifice their independent selves for many years in order to savor the experience of motherhood. Home Is Where the School Is is the first comprehensive look into the lives of homeschooling mothers. Drawing on rich data collected through eight years of fieldwork and dozens of in-depth interviews, Jennifer Lois examines the intense effects of the emotional and temporal demands that homeschooling places on mothers’ lives, raising profound questions about the expectations of modern motherhood and the limits of parenting.
Jennifer Lois is Associate Professor of Sociology at Western Washington University.
1. Homeschooling MothersPart I . The Emotional Culture o f Good Mothering 2. Coming to a Decision: First- and Second-Choice Homeschoolers 3. Defending Good-Mother Identities: The Homeschooling StigmaPart I I . The Temp oral - Emotional Conf l ict o f Good Mothering 4. Adding the Teacher Role: Domestic Labor and Burnout5. Losing Me-Time: The Temporal Emotion Work of Motherhood Part I I I . Home schoo l ing Motherhood over Time 6. Looking Back: The Homeschooling Journey7. Taking Stock of the Present: Perceptions of Success8. Looking Forward: Empty Desks, Empty Nests9. Savoring Motherhood
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.12.2012 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 363 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8147-5252-7 / 0814752527 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8147-5252-4 / 9780814752524 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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