Managing Literacy Mothering America: Womens Narratives on Reading and Writing

by Sarah Robbins

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Managing Literacy, Mothering America accomplishes two monumental tasks. It identifies and defines a previously unstudied genre, the domestic literacy narrative, and provides a pioneering cultural history of this genre from the early days of the United States through the turn of the twentieth century. Domestic literacy narratives often feature scenes that depict women-mostly middle-class mothers-teaching those in their care to read, write, and discuss...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0822942356

ISBN13:9780822942351

Release Date:November 2004

Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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