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Experiences of Women of Color in an Elite US Public School

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Authors:
  1. Catherine Simpson Bueker

    1. Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, USA

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  • Compares the experiences of women of color who accessed a public school district through three distinct means: as residents, commuters, and boarders
  • Overtly examines both the costs and benefits associated with the experience for women, as well as the contributions that they make to the school district, the community in which the school is located, and to their home communities
  • Explicitly focuses on women of color, resulting in a more complete analysis of the intersectionality of race and gender

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The World of Mayfair

    • Catherine Simpson Bueker
    Pages 1-30

  3. Two-Ness and Liminality in Mayfair

    • Catherine Simpson Bueker
    Pages 31-64

  4. The Making of Community

    • Catherine Simpson Bueker
    Pages 65-88

  5. Athletes and Boundary Breakers

    • Catherine Simpson Bueker
    Pages 89-114

  6. Bridge Builders and Cultural Guides

    • Catherine Simpson Bueker
    Pages 115-147

  7. The Acquisition of Cultural Capital

    • Catherine Simpson Bueker
    Pages 149-176

  8. Race, Place, and the Power of Interactions

    • Catherine Simpson Bueker
    Pages 177-198

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 119-216
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About this book

This study explores the experiences of women of color who attended an elite, predominantly white public high school in the Northeastern United States through one of three points of entry: as town residents attending their local high school, or as commuter or boarding students via two distinct voluntary racial desegregation programs.  Women in all three groups experience feelings of marginalization and stigma. At the same time, many also discuss the benefits of having lived in or attended school in this environment. Women developed strong internal bonds within and across their respective groups, some were able to racially diversify social networks and increase access to new forms of social capital through both their own initiatives and efforts on the part of adults in the school and community, and many also discuss the acquisition of elite forms of cultural capital that have served them into adulthood. Even with these general trends, point of access clearly mediates the experience, with geographic and symbolic boundaries varying by group. 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, USA

    Catherine Simpson Bueker

About the author

Catherine Simpson Bueker is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emmanuel College, USA. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Experiences of Women of Color in an Elite US Public School

  • Authors: Catherine Simpson Bueker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50633-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84448-0Published: 21 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50633-3Published: 20 March 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 216

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology of Education, Early Childhood Education, Gender and Education, Ethnicity Studies

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