Date of Award
1990
Type
Thesis
Major
Specialist in Education
Degree Type
Special Degree in Education in Secondary Education
Department
Teacher Education
First Advisor
Dr. James M. Brewbaker
Second Advisor
Dr. Carolyn M. Cartledge
Third Advisor
Dr. Lenemaja Friedman
Abstract
This study analyzed twenty-two novels of adolescent literature which portray occupations. The purpose of this study was to determine which category of jobs was treated most often and most favorably. The jobs were placed in one of the following categories: professional work, industrial work, housework, hustling work, and counter-cultural work. Each job was then given a prestige rating of 0 to 100. Fourteen of the twenty-two novels focused on professional work, four on industrial work, three on hustling work, one on counter-cultural work, and none on housework.
Recommended Citation
Riley, Ethelyn W., "An Analysis of the Economic and Social Values Attributed to a Variety of Occupations as Portrayed in Adolescent Literature" (1990). Theses and Dissertations. 639.
https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/639
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