Framing identities [[electronic resource] ] : autobiography and the politics of pedagogy / / Wendy S. Hesford

• Autore: Hesford Wendy S
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.11/5; 370.115
• Soggetto topico: Critical pedagogy - United States; Education - United States - Biographical methods; Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States; Ethnicity - United States; Minorities - Education (Higher) - United States; Multiculturalism - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; PREFACE: Frames within Frames; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Autobiography and the Politics of Identity on Campus; 1. MEMORY WORK; 2. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FEMINIST WRITING PEDAGOGY; 3. WRITING IDENTITIES: The "Essence" of Difference; 4. "YE ARE WITNESSES": Autobiography and Commemorative Practices; 5. THE RISKS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Identity Politics, Sexual-Offense Policies, and the Rhetoric of Rights; 6. IN AND OUT OF THE FLESH: Autobiography, Public-Art Activism, and the Crisis of Witnessing; CONCLUSION. Traveling Frames: Authority, Authenticity, and the Pedagogy of Location; NOTES ; BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: How do historically marginalized groups expose the partiality and presumptions of educational institutions through autobiographical acts? How are the stories we tell used to justify resistance to change or institutional complacency? These are the questions Wendy S. Hesford asks as she considers the uses of autobiography in educational settings.
• Titolo autorizzato: Framing identities
• ISBN: 0-8166-8916-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451743003321
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