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Home is where the school is : the logic of homeschooling and the emotional labor of mothering /

Lois, Jennifer.

Home is where the school is : the logic of homeschooling and the emotional labor of mothering / Jennifer Lois. - x, 229 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Homeschooling mothers -- Coming to a decision: first- and second-choice homeschoolers -- Defending good-mother identities: the homeschooling stigma -- Adding the teacher role: domestic labor and burnout -- Losing me-time: the temporal emotion work of motherhood -- Looking back: the homeschooling journey -- Taking stock of the present: perceptions of success -- Looking forward: empty desks, empty nests -- Savoring motherhood.

9780814752517 (cl : alk. paper) 9780814752524 (pb : alk. paper)

2012037333


Home schooling.
Mothers.
Women teachers.

LC40 / .L65 2013

371.04/2

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