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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798430203321

Titolo

Women of color navigating mentoring relationships : critical examinations / / edited by Keisha Edwards Tassie, Sonja M. Brown Givens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-4107-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

302.207

Soggetti

Communication - Study and teaching

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Relationships as Sites for Advancement; Chapter Two: Cocreating Professional Development Opportunities for Moving from "Pet" to Peer; Chapter Three: "It Takes a Village to Raise a Professor"; Chapter Four: A Story of Mentoring; Chapter Five: Women of Color and Mentoring; Chapter Six: Mentoring Our Own; Chapter Seven: Beyond Student and Teacher; Chapter Eight: Disregarding Negative Statements about the Failures of Race-Gender Mentoring Pairings; Chapter Nine: Mentors and Sister-Friends; Conclusion; Appendix; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Women of Color Navigating Mentoring Relationships explores and critically examines the opportunities and challenges presented in mentoring relationships involving women of color. Contributors to this edited collection highlight the role of race-, class-, and gender-oriented constructions in the establishment, maintenance, and dissolution of specific mentoring relationships in which women of color are engaged.