Students: A Gendered History Contributor(s): Dyhouse, Carol (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415358183 ISBN-13: 9780415358187 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 2005 Annotation: From the privileged youth depicted in Evelyn Waugh's novel, "Brideshead Revisited," to the scruffy denizens of "Scumbag University" in the 1980s cult television comedy series, "The Young Ones," representations of the university undergraduate have been decidedly male. But from the 1970s the proportion of women students in universities in the UK rose sharply and has continued to rise so that female undergraduates now outnumber their male counterparts. In this compelling and stimulating book, Carol Dyhouse explores the gendered social history of students in modern Britain, focussing on access, ambitions and the troubled politics of co-education in institutions formerly dominated by single sex colleges and segregated opportunities for men and women. Click for more in this series: Women's and Gender History |
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BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - History - Education | History |
Dewey: 378.198 |
LCCN: 2005017434 |
Series: Women's and Gender History |
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.3" W x 9.18" L (0.97 lbs) 288 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: This compelling and stimulating book explores the gendered social history of students in modern Britain. From the privileged youth of Brideshead Revisited, to the scruffs at 'Scumbag University' in The Young Ones, representations of the university undergraduate have been decidedly male. But since the 1970s the proportion of women students in universities in the UK has continued to rise so that female undergraduates now outnumber their male counterparts. Drawing upon wide-ranging original research including documentary and archival sources, newsfilm, press coverage of student life and life histories of men and women who graduated before the Second World War, this text provides rich insights into changes in student identity and experience over the past century. The book examines:
For students of gender studies, cultural studies and history, this book will have meaningful impact on their degree course studies. |
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