Whitewashed Critical Perspectives
Restoring the Edge to Edgy Ideas
Catherine Compton-Lilly editor Peter Smagorinsky editor Tisha Lewis Ellison editor Kristen Perry editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:1st Jul '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£135.00(9780367541002)
This volume examines revolutionary constructs in literacy education and demonstrates how they have been gentrified, whitewashed, and appropriated, losing their revolutionary edge so as to become palatable for the mainstream. Written by top scholars in literacy education, chapters cover key concepts that were originally conceived as radical theories to upset the status quo—including Third Space, Funds of Knowledge, Culturally Relevant Pedagogies, and more. Each chapter addresses how the core theory was culturally appropriated and de-fanged to support rather than take down racial and societal hierarchies.
Critiquing the harmful impact of watering down these theories, the contributors offer ways to restore the edge to these once groundbreaking ideas, reject racist and assimilationist trends, and support the original vision behind these liberatory theories. In so doing, this volume adopts a truly radical, critical stance that is essential for researchers, scholars, and students in literacy education.
ISBN: 9780367500962
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 272g
174 pages