Codes and contradictions: race, gender identity, and schooling

Introduction

Social class, race/ethnicity, gender, and schooling: a theoretical overview

The social, economic, and educational status of African American, Latina and white women in the United States

Young white working-class women: envisioning adult lives

Young women of African American and Puerto Rican descent: anticipating lives as adult women

Young women of Dominican and South American descent: constructing possibilities for the future

Redefining relationships to schooling

The formal curriculum

The social construction of gender within the school

Conclusions.