Beyond a dream deferred [[electronic resource] ] : multicultural education and the politics of excellence / / editors, Becky W. Thompson and Sangeeta Tyagi ; foreword by Derrick Bell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457371803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993
• ISBN: 0-8166-8515-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ThompsonBecky W; TyagiSangeeta
• Disciplina: 370.19/6/0973
• Soggetti: Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States; Minorities - Education (Higher) - United States; Education, Higher - Curricula - United States; Multicultural education - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: ""A Wider Landscape . . . without the Mandate for Conquest""; Part I: Moral and Political Visions of Multicultural Education; Part II: Multiple Voices, Ongoing Struggles; Part III: New Directions for Critical Engagement; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Beyond A Dream Deferred is a multidisciplinary work that consolidates progressive perspectives on multicultural education, establishing it as a crucial sphere in a society charged with reimagining its national identity in all its diversity. Drawing on the perspectives of faculty, administrators, and students-both activists and intellectuals-contributors include Margaret L. Andersen, Estelle Disch, Troy Duster, Lisa Kahaleole Chang Hall, Evelynn Hammonds, Evelyn Hu-Dehart, Earl Jackson, Jr., Ian Haney López, Carole C. Marks, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Barbara Omolade, Becky W. Thompson, Sangeeta