This Fine Place So Far from Home Voices of Academics from the Working Class By: C.L. Dews Publisher: Temple University Press Print ISBN: 9781566392914, 1566392918 eText ISBN: 9781439904480, 1439904480 Copyright year: 1995 Format: PDF Available from $ 36.95 USD SKU: 9781439904480 These autobiographical and analytical essays by a diverse group of professors and graduate students from working-class families reveal an academic world in which blue-collar work is invisible. Describing conflict and frustration, the contributors expose a divisive middle-class bias in the university setting. Many talk openly about how little they understood about the hierarchy and processes of higher education, while others explore how their experiences now affect their relationships with their own students. They all have in common the anguish of choosing to hide their working-class background, to keep the language of home out of the classroom and the ideas of school away from home. These startlingly personal stories highlight the fissure between a working-class upbringing and the more privileged values of the institution. Additional ISBNs 9781566392907, 156639290X SKU: 9781566392914 Ebooks here: https://ebookscoffee.sellpass.io/products/This-Fine-Place-So-Far-from-Home
