Managing Literacy Mothering America: Womens Narratives on Reading and Writing

by Sarah Robbins

Book Overview

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822959275
• ISBN13: 9780822959274
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"