Between Two Worlds by Lois Weis - 9781138578517

Taylor & Francis

Between Two WorldsBlack Students in an Urban Community College\nAuthor(s): Lois Weis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138578517, 978-1138578517\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1985, this book explores the lived culture of urban black students in a community college located in a large northeastern city in the United States. \n\nThe author immersed herself in the institution she was studying for a full academic year, exploring both the direct experiences of education, and the way these experiences were worked over and through the praxis of cultural discourse. She examines in detail the messages of the school, including the hidden curriculum and faculty perspectives, as well as the way these messages are transformed at a cultural level. The resulting work provides a major contribution to a number of debates on education and cultural and economic reproduction, as well as a leap forward in our understanding of the role.