Calling Cards: Theory and Practice in the Study of Race, Gender, and Culture Contributor(s): Royster, Jacqueline Jones (Editor), Simpkins, Ann Marie Mann (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791463761 ISBN-13: 9780791463765 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: In recent decades, the concepts of race, gender, and culture have come to function as "calling cards." the terms by which we announce ourselves as professionals and negotiate acceptance and/or rejection in the academic marketplace. In this volume, contributors from composition, literature, rhetoric, literacy, and cultural studies share their experiences and insights as researchers, scholars, and teachers who centralize these concepts in their work. Reflecting deliberately on their own research and classroom practices, the contributors share theoretical frameworks, processes, and methodologies; consider the quality of the knowledge and the understanding that their theoretical approaches generate; and address various challenges related to what it actually means to perform this type of work both professionally this type of work both professionally and personally, especially in light of the ways in which we are all raced, gendered, and acculturated. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
Dewey: 808 |
LCCN: 2004048166 |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.16" W x 8.98" (0.94 lbs) 318 pages |
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Publisher Description: Winner of the 2006 Nancy Dasher Award for Best Book on Professional and Pedagogical Issues In recent decades, the concepts of race, gender, and culture have come to function as calling cards, the terms by which we announce ourselves as professionals and negotiate acceptance and/or rejection in the academic marketplace. In this volume, contributors from composition, literature, rhetoric, literacy, and cultural studies share their experiences and insights as researchers, scholars, and teachers who centralize these concepts in their work. Reflecting deliberately on their own research and classroom practices, the contributors share theoretical frameworks, processes, and methodologies; consider the quality of the knowledge and the understanding that their theoretical approaches generate; and address various challenges related to what it actually means to perform this type of work both professionally and personally, especially in light of the ways in which we are all raced, gendered, and acculturated. |