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New Working-Class Studies.(Book review)

Publication: Journal of Higher Education
Publication Date: 01-MAR-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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New Working-Class Studies by John Russo and Sherry Lee Linkon (eds.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005. 288 pp. Cloth $45.00. ISBN 0-8014-4252-4. Paper $19.95. ISBN 0-8014-8967-9

Ten years ago, the formation of the Working-class Academics group and the establishment of the for a...

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...Center Working-class Studies (CWCS) at Youngstown State University marked the beginning of new organizations devoted to working-class issues. This book, New Working-Class Studies, is the culmination of efforts by the CWCS and other individual academics, artists, and activists to organize an emerging body of knowledge referred to as New Working-Class Studies.

New Working-Class Studies is organized into four parts: Part 1: New Working-Class Studies at the Intersections; Part 2: Disciplinary Perspectives; Part 3: Representations; and Part 4: Politics and Education. This approach provides useful framework for conceptualizing the areas of study that comprise this body of work.

John Russo and Sherry Linkon's introductory chapter, "What's New about New Working-Class Studies?," does an excellent job of contextualizing new working-class studies in the larger perspective of neighboring bodies...

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