Educated in Romance

Educated in Romance
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9780226349442
ISBN-13 : 0226349446
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Educated in Romance by : Dorothy C. Holland

Download or read book Educated in Romance written by Dorothy C. Holland and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is romance more important to women in college than grades are? Why do so many women enter college with strong academic backgrounds and firm career goals but leave with dramatically scaled-down ambitions? Dorothy C. Holland and Margaret A. Eisenhart expose a pervasive "culture of romance" on campus: a high-pressure peer system that propels women into a world where their attractiveness to men counts most.


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