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Humble on Sundays: Family, Friends, and Faculty in the Upward Mobility Experiences of African American Females
Author(s) -
Shaw Kathleen M.,
Coleman Ashaki B.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.2000.31.4.449
Subject(s) - attendance , interpersonal relationship , sociology , interpersonal communication , gender studies , social mobility , african american , psychology , social psychology , political science , social science , ethnology , law
This article describes how African American women community college students portray their attempts to achieve upward social mobility via college attendance. We focus in particular on the role of interpersonal relationships in this process. All kinds of supportive relationships are seen as important, but unsupportive friends and faculty are generally ignored. However, unsupportive family members present real obstacles to the ability and desires of these women to achieve their educational goals.