Bread and Roses : Voices of Australian Academics from the Working Class / / edited by Dee Michell, Jacqueline Z. Wilson, Verity Archer.

• HerausgeberIn: Michell, Dee.; Wilson, Jacqueline Z.; Archer, Verity.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Bread and Roses is an Australian first, a collection of stories from academics who identify as coming from working-class backgrounds. At once inspiring and challenging, the collection demonstrates how individual narratives are both personal and structural, in that they illustrate the ways in which social forces shape individual lives. Central themes in the book are generational changes in university education provision in Australia, the complexities of coming from a working class background and being female, or coming from a working class background and being female and a recent migrant, and the particular challenges facing students and staff from rural and regional areas. An essential read for anyone interested in widening participation programs in higher education, including administrators, academics, past and present students, Bread and Roses is both a map for those who want to undertake a similar journey and a community for those who want to join.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Dee Michell , Jacqueline Z. Wilson and Verity Archer -- The ‘C’ Word / May Ngo -- I Didn’t Work for It / Martin Forsey -- ‘Stumbling Forwards – Understanding Backwards’ / Rob Watts -- Which Voice? Which Working Class? / Terry Irving -- Wog Westie Feminist / Zora Simic -- Reinventing the Self in Academia / Pam Papadelos -- A Space for Self-Fashioning / John Docker -- You Can Take the Girl out of Reservoir / Gwenda Tavan -- From Blue Collar to Academic Gown / Andrew P. Lynch -- Injuries and Privileges / Bob Pease -- From the Island to the Mainland (and Back?) / Naomi Parry -- First in the Family / Hunter Anitra Goriss and Burke Jenene -- Is There Anything Better than Working Class? / Georgina Tsolidis -- Constructing a Pedigree / Adele Chynoweth -- A Hooligan in the Hallway? / Heather Fraser -- Social Justice, Respect and Professional Integrity / Grace Brown , Melissa Petrakis , Catherine Flynn , Bernadette Saunders , Philip Mendes and Marija Dragic -- From the Shtetl to the Academy / Howard Karger -- From Being a Fish out of Water to Swimming with the School / Greg Marston -- Working amongst the ‘Dregs of the Middle Class’ / John Scott.