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The Black Professoriat

Negotiating a Habitable Space in the Academy

Sandra Jackson editor Richard Greggory Johnson III editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Published:14th Dec '10

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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.

«This book is a courageous and challenging work that examines the variety of ways highly talented and qualified Black professors cope with the ‘white normative gaze’ and still endure. Don’t miss it!» (Cornel West, Professor, Princeton University)
«This book is a courageous and challenging work that examines the variety of ways highly talented and qualified Black professors cope with the ‘white normative gaze’ and still endure. Don’t miss it!» (Cornel West, Professor, Princeton University)

ISBN: 9781433110276

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 380g

254 pages

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