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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789463005760
Qualifying information (electronic book)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9789463005753
Qualifying information (print)
024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-94-6300-576-0
Source of number or code DOI
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System control number (OCoLC)954339112
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Original cataloging agency NL-LeKB
Transcribing agency NL-LeKB
Description conventions rda
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PS3612.E289
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code JN
Source bicssc
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code EDU
Subject category code subdivision 000000
Source bisacsh
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 813/.6
Edition information 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Leavy, Patricia,
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title American Circumstance :
Remainder of title Anniversary Edition /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Patricia Leavy.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden,
-- Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Brill | Sense,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2016.
300 ## - online resource
Extent 1 online resource.
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Content type term text
Content type code txt
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Media type term computer
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Carrier type term online resource
Source rdacarrier
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Social Fictions Series;
Volume/sequential designation v. 20
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Preliminary Material -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Afterword -- Epilogue -- Suggested Classroom or Book Club Use -- About the Author.
506 ## - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE
Terms governing access Available to subscribing member institutions only.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Paige Michaels comes from the kind of wealth that few experience. The daughter of a notoriously successful banker who wielded great political power, she grew up in an extraordinary world peopled by the leaders of tomorrow. Now one mistake rooted in her past is threatening to unravel her perfect life. After years as a stay-at-home mother in New Jersey, Mollie Johnston convinces her husband to move back New York, to fulfill her dream of living amid the bright lights. Mollie is uncomfortable in her own body and always worried about how others see her. Once she sees how the other half lives, will she come to see herself and her marriage more clearly? Gwen McAndrews is the ultimate New York socialite, and the envy of those impressed by her grandeur, but is there more than meets the eye? Along with Paige, Mollie and Gwen, a cast of characters’stories are interwoven into the text—parents, children, care-takers, childhood friends, old lovers and spouses. American Circumstance is a novel about appearance versus reality; how people’s lives and relationships look to others versus how they are experienced, and the complex ways that social class shapes identity and relationships. American Circumstance provides a window into the replication of wealth, power and privilege. Through the protagonist’s work with an international women’s organization the novel is underscored with a narrative about how gender, social class and race intertwine on a global scale, and problems are all relative. There are also strong narratives about how family and friends influence identity and the things we say and don’t say to each other. While fictional, American Circumstance is grounded in autoethnographic observations and more than a decade of teaching and research about gender, class, race, identity and relationships. The novel can be used as supplemental reading in courses that deal with gender, social class, power, family systems, relational communication, intimate relationships and/or identity, or it can be read entirely for pleasure. The author is happy to provide you with sample class assignments, activities and discussion questions . If you adopt this book the author is also available to Skype into your class for a book talk upon mutually convenient scheduling. To request class materials or schedule a Skype visit please email her at pleavy7@aol.com Click here to view and download SAMPLE CLASS ACTIVITIES American Circumstance has been nominated for the following awards: Bonnie Ritter Book Award 2014 (Top 10 Finalist) sponsored by the National Communication Association PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2014 The Mirra Komarovsky Award for the Outstanding Sociology Book of the Year 2014 sponsored by the Eastern Sociological Society The Emily Toth Award for the Best Single Work In Women’s Studies by One or More Authors 2014 sponsored by the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Outstanding Qualitative Book of the Year 2014 sponsored by the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry Cover Art by Gioia Chilton
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Women
General subdivision Social conditions
-- Fiction.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Women
General subdivision Social conditions.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Title American Circumstance: Anniversary Edition
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden, Boston : Brill | Sense, 2016,
International Standard Book Number 9789463005753
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Social Fictions Series
Volume/sequential designation 20.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001.
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Public note DOI:
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-576-0">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-576-0</a>

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