Further Readings and Resources

Suggested Feminist Studies

Holland, D. C., & Eisenhart, M. A. (1992). Educated in romance: Women, achievement, and college culture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

This classic feminist ethnography examines African American and white college women's experiences with college culture and its norms of “romance and attractiveness” that influence their achievement.

Luttrell, W. (1997). School-smart and mother-wise: Working-class women's identity and schooling. New York: Routledge.

This study focuses on life stories of working-class women and their experiences with schooling as children and adults.

Lather, P., & Smithies, C. (1997). Troubling the angels: Women living with HIV/AIDS. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

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