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The gendered construction of the adult education and family literacy act

✍ Scribed by Barbara Sparks

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2001
Weight: 47 KB
Volume: 2001
Category: Article
ISSN: 1052-2891
DOI: 10.1002/ace.30

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This chapter uses a feminist analysis to unpack how gender and gender arrangements are constructed and maintained through the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act.

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