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Peer reviewedO'Brien, Susie – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 1998
Seven intensive interviews with female college students at Roseworthy College, a rural agricultural college in South Australia, revealed that the college's historic rural masculine tradition and misogynist social environment restrict women to narrow sexual-subject positions: acting like a male; tutor/cleaner/mother/cook; "slut" versus…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, College Students, Cultural Images, Females
Download full textPayne-Bourcy, Laura – 2001
This doctoral study examined the literacy practices of two rural adolescents as they crossed between the social contexts of their rural community, Winnona Hill, and higher education. Data collected primarily through semi-structured e-mail interviews over a 4-year period indicated that both informants used multiple literacies and a range of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Dissonance, College Environment, College Students, Coping
