The Black Professoriat

Negotiating a Habitable Space in the Academy

254 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Although Black faculty have been present in the academy since the late nineteenth century, it has been during the twentieth century that they have established a presence which has had political, cultural, and epistemological implications. This book focuses on contemporary, successful Black scholars in the academy: they have become tenured and promoted; been recognized as noteworthy scholars, researchers, and as excellent teachers; and have served in leadership capacities. Through autoethnographic narratives that illustrate and interrogate experiences about being in the academy as gendered, race, classed, and sexually oriented others, this book captures the diverse voices of Black men and women achievers who have not only survived, but also thrived. Their candor will inspire others to negotiate normative milieu and make manifest their legitimacy and right to belong.

• Reihe: Black Studies and Critical Thinking
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Gruppen
• ISBN: 9781433110276
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.12.2010
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York
• Band herausgegeben von: Sandra Jackson, Richard Greggory Johnson III