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6%OFFClaudia G. Cervantes-Soon - Juárez Girls Rising: Transformative Education in Times of Dystopia - 9780816696543 - V9780816696543
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Juárez Girls Rising: Transformative Education in Times of Dystopia

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Description for Juárez Girls Rising: Transformative Education in Times of Dystopia Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 27. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 38. .

Working-class girls in Ciudad Juárez grow up in a context marked by violence against women, the devastating effects of drug cartel wars, unresponsive and abusive authorities, and predatory U.S. capitalism: under constantly precarious conditions, these girls are often struggling to shape their lives and realize their aspirations. Juárez native Claudia G. Cervantes-Soon explores the vital role that transformative secondary education can play in promoting self-empowerment and a spirit of resistance to the violence and social injustice these girls encounter.

Bringing together the voices of ten female students at Preparatoria Altavista, an innovative urban high school founded in 1968 on social justice ... Read more

Juárez Girls Rising provides an alternative narrative to popular and often simplistic, sensationalizing, and stigmatizing discourses about those living in this urban borderland.  By merging the story of Preparatoria Altavista with the voices of its students, this singular book provides a window into the possibilities and complexities of coming of age during a dystopic era in which youth hold on to their critical hope and cultivate their wisdom even as the options for the future appear to crumble before their eyes.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816696543
SKU
V9780816696543
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99-1

About Claudia G. Cervantes-Soon
Claudia G. Cervantes-Soon is assistant professor of bilingual/bicultural education at the University of Texas at Austin.

Reviews for Juárez Girls Rising: Transformative Education in Times of Dystopia
"Rarely do we read about the on-the-ground liberatory work of teachers and youths in schools and the agency of young women to live meaningful and joyous lives. In Juárez Girls Rising, the stories of the women and the school are beautifully interwoven, providing a powerful, nuanced, and compelling ethnography that neither victimizes nor romanticizes young, working-class women as they form ... Read more

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