Ambiguous Empowerment: The Work Narratives of Women School Superintendents

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface ix
• 1 - American Culture, Professional Work, And Inequality 3
• 2 - Settled And Unsettled Discursive Realms 38
• 3 - Highlighting Competence And Excluding Subjection: Ana Martinez 65
• 4 - Letting Ambition Go And Reconsidering Discrimination: Denise Nelson 94
• 5 - Uncovering Layers Of Vulnerability And Strength: Margaret Parker 120
• 6 - Using Professional Power To Overcome Subjection: Karen Rhodes 146
• 7 - Individual Solutions To The Collective Problem Of Inequality 177
• Appendix - The Research Project 217
• Notes 225
• Index 265