What We Hold In Common: Exploring Women's Lives & Working Class Studies

by Janet Zandy (Editor)

"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.

336 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2000

About the author

Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

My introduction to working class studies, this book helped me better understand who I was and why certain beliefs of mine still persist as I write this review (in 2017).