What We Hold in Common: An Introduction to Working-Class Studies

Let us imagine what it would be like, writes Janet Zandy at the outset of this ground-breaking volume, if the history and culture of working-class people were at the center of educational practices. What would students learn? Among other things, she suggests, they would understand that culture is created by individuals within social contexts and that they themselves could produce it as well as consume it.

Working-class history and literature have too often been ignored in traditional curricula, remain invisible in most texts, and are unavailable to students and teachers. Essential reading for all interested in the rapidly growing field of working-class studies, What We Hold in Common offers a distinct combination of primary voices, critical essays, and resources for curriculum transformation. It deepens the understanding of working-class literature, history, culture, and artistic production, while attending to the material conditions of working-class peoples' lives.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Feminist Press
Published: 04/01/2001
ISBN: 9781558612594
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.01w x 1.07d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 99