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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798509003321

Autore

Vaccaro Annemarie

Titolo

Centering women of color in academic counterspaces : a critical race analysis of teaching, learning, and classroom dynamics / / Annemarie Vaccaro and Melissa Camba-Kelsay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-1711-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Race and Education in the Twenty-First Century

Disciplina

378.1/982996073

Soggetti

African American women in higher education

Discrimination in higher education - United States

Black people - Race identity - United States

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; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: Sister Stories; Chapter Two: Microaggressions on Campus; Chapter Three: What Are Counterspaces and Why Do We Need Them?; Chapter Four: Student Interactions in a Counterspace; Chapter Five: Silence and Self-Censoring; Chapter Six: Learning about Identity; Chapter Seven: My Body, My Looks; Chapter Eight: Becoming an Inclusive Leader; Conclusion; Appendix; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Centering Women of Color in Academic Counterspaces offers a rich multidimensional account of teaching, learning, and classroom dynamics among diverse students in a classroom counterspace centered on women of color. This book provides insights into learning outcomes, the process of transformational learning, and some of the challenges related to covering social justice topics like oppression, intersectionality, identity, beauty, body image, and inclusive leadership in a college classroom.