The poverty of life-affirming work : motherwork, education, and social change

The poverty of life-affirming work : motherwork, education, and social change /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hart, Mechthild U. (Mechthild Ursula), 1948-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Series:	Contributions in women's studies ; no. 194.
Subjects:	Poor women > United States > Social conditions. Single mothers > United States > Social conditions. Welfare recipients > United States > Social conditions. Public welfare > United States. Poor women > Social conditions. Poor women. Single mothers > Social conditions. Single mothers. Welfare recipients > Social conditions. Welfare recipients. Public welfare. United States.

Table of Contents:

The war against subsistence
"I ache when I think of my children" : raising children in Chicago's public housing
Welfare mothers : invisible work becoming visible--and invisible again
Literacy and motherwork
Teaching and learning as a political ally
Creating and sustaining life and community.