Home is Where the School Is
Subtitle: the logic of homeschooling and the emotional labor of mothering
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780814752517
Description: 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. --from publisher description
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Homeschooling mothers; title: Part one : The emotional culture of good mothering.; title: Coming to a decision : first- and second-choice homeschoolers; title: Defending good-mother identities : the homeschooling stigma; title: Part two : The temporal-emotional conflict of good mothering.; title: Adding the teacher role : domestic labor and burnout; title: Losing me-time : the temporal emotion work of motherhood; title: Part three : Homeschooling motherhood over time.; title: Looking back : the homeschooling journey; title: Taking stock of the present : perceptions of success; title: Looking forward : empty desks, empty nests; title: Savoring motherhood; title: About the author