Description |
1 online resource (xxxviii, 207 pages) : illustrations |
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 |
Summary |
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 |
Analysis |
Critical pedagogy -- United States |
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Education -- United States -- Biographical methods |
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Multiculturalism -- United States |
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Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States |
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Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States |
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Ethnicity -- United States |
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Oberlin College -- Students |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Oberlin College -- Students
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SUBJECT |
Oberlin College fast |
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University of South Alabama gnd |
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Critical pedagogy -- United States
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Education -- United States -- Biographical methods
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Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States
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Ethnicity -- United States
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Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States
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Multiculturalism -- United States
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EDUCATION -- Aims & Objectives.
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Critical pedagogy
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Education -- Biographical methods
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Education, Higher -- Political aspects
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Ethnicity
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Minorities -- Education (Higher)
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Multiculturalism
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Students
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Ausländischer Student
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Autobiografie
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Feminismus
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Identität
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Pädagogik
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United States
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USA
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
98045127 |
ISBN |
9780816689163 |
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0816689164 |
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