Feminism and Intersectionality in Academia Women's Narratives and Experiences in Higher Education /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Shelton, Stephanie Anne (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Flynn, Jill Ewing (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Grosland, Tanetha Jamay (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Gender identity in education.; Higher education.; Educational sociology.; Gender and Education.; Higher Education.; Sociology of Education.

This edited volume explores the diversities and complexities of women's experiences in higher education. Its emphasis on personal narratives provides a forum for topics not typically found in in print, such as mental illness, marital difficulties, and gender identity. The intersectional narrati...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Part I: The Superwoman Complex: The Challenges of Family Life for Women in the Academy
• Chapter 1. "I Would Never Let My Wife Do That": The Stories We Tell to Stay Afloat
• Chapter 2. Building a Compass: Leaving, Loss, and Daughterhood in Academia
• Chapter 3. The Undecided Narratives of Becoming-Mother, Becoming-Ph.D.
• Chapter 4. Showing Up
• Chapter 5. Superwoman Goes Camping: The On-Going Quest to Right-Size My Life
• Part II: The Less Travelled and Less Valued Pathways: Examining the Devaluation of Women's Contributions to the Academy
• Chapter 6. There and Back and There Again: Notes on a Professional Journey
• Chapter 7. A Woman's Worth: Valuing Self, Risk, and (Re)vision
• Chapter 8. The Ancestral Double Dutch: From Cotton Myths to Future Dreams
• Part III: Vulnerability in the Academy: Women Explore Emotionality, Affect, and Self-Care
• Chapter 9. Honest and Uncomfortable: A Loving Look at My Exclusive Campus
• Chapter 10. Afro-Puerto Rican Primas: Identity, Pedagogy, and Solidarity
• Chapter 11. Lessons on Humility: White Women's Racial Allyship in Academia
• Chapter 12. Living with Three Strikes: Being a Trans Woman of Color in Education
• Part IV: The Importance of Intersectionality: Exploring the Diversities of Women in Academia
• Chapter 13. You Can't Un-See Color: A Ph.D., a Divorce, and The Wizard Of Oz
• Chapter 14. Doctor of Vulnerability and Resilience
• Chapter 15. Teaching and Learning Within Feminist Dystopias
• Chapter 16. Re-Introducing the Phoenix Within. .