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Synopsis
Since the 1970s, working-class individuals have made up an increasing proportion of students enrolled in institutions of higher education. At the same time, working-class studies has emerged as a new academic discipline, updating a long tradition of scholarship on labor history and proletarian literature to include discussions of working-class culture, intersections of class with race and ethnicity, and studies of the representation of the working class in popular culture. These developments have generated new ideas about teaching that incorporate both a sensitivity to the working-class roots of many students and the inclusion of course content informed by an awareness of class culture.
Booknews
Linkon (Youngstown State University) introduces this collection of 18 essays by discussing the nuances of defining in the United States, and describing her interest in understanding both working-class students (whom she teaches) and working-class studies. The contributed essays (by college instructors in many disciplines) address topics connected with both aspects of this interest, such as: working-class students and the academic essay; how working class moms construct student identities; reading and writing history at a steelworkers' union hall; issues in teaching labor literature; films of and for a working-class world; teaching working-class literature to mixed audiences; and teaching intercultural communication. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)