Race and Pedagogy Project - Research Archive

2138 Race and Pedagogy Project - Research Archive http://rpp.english.ucsb.edu/research University of California, Santa Barbara Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:01:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ahmed, Sara. The Cultural Politics of Emotion. New York: Routledge, 2004. Sara Ahmed's The Cultural Politics of Emotion interrogates the ways that emotions work on and through us socially--to the point where "we" become social and individual beings precisely through this work. Using a model of the "sociality" of emotions," Ahmed shows that "it is through emotions, or how we respond ... http://rpp.english.ucsb.edu/research/race-gender-and-sexuality/ahmed-sara-the-cultural-politics-of-emotion-new-york-routledge-2004 Gopinath, Gayatri. Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 2005. Gayatri Gopinath ends the first chapter of Impossible Desires with a disclaimer of sorts regarding the cultural texts through which she analyzes queerness and diaspora: these "objects of inquiry," she writes, "appear to be excessive, tangential, or marginal to recognized traditions" (28). She focuses on the margins because, she goes ... http://rpp.english.ucsb.edu/research/race-gender-and-sexuality/gopinath-gayatri-impossible-desires-queer-diasporas-and-south-asian-public-cultures-durham-nc-duke-up-2005 Alexander, M. Jacqui. Pedagogies of Crossing: Meditations on Feminism, Sexual Politics, Memory, and the Sacred. Perverse Modernities Ser. Ed. Judith Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 2005. M. Jacqui Alexander's Pedagogies of Crossing: Meditations on Feminism, Sexual Politics, Memory, and the Sacred is a collection of essays, each of which in some way addresses--as primary critical focus or as implicit methodology--one or several aspects of transnational feminism. Alexander writes on subjects as varied as the criminalization of ... http://rpp.english.ucsb.edu/research/race-gender-and-sexuality/alexander-m-jacqui-pedagogies-of-crossing-meditations-on-feminism-sexual-politics-memory-and-the-sacred-perverse-modernities-ser-ed-judith-halberstam-and-lisa-lowe-durham-nc-duke-up-2005 Zhou, Min and Susan S. Kim. “Community Forces, Social Capital, and Educational Achievement: The Case of Supplementary Education in the Chinese and Korean Immigrant Communities,”Harvard Educational Review. 76.1(2006), 1-26. Abstract: "Extraordinary Asian American educational achievement has often been credited to a common cultural influence of Confucianism that emphasizes education, family honor, discipline, and respect for authority. In this article, Min Zhou and Susan Kim argue that immigration selectivity, higher than average levels of premigration and postmigration socioeconomic status, and ... http://rpp.english.ucsb.edu/research/specific-us-racial-groups/asian-american/zhou-min-and-susan-s-kim-community-forces-social-capital-and-educational-achievement-the-case-of-supplementary-education-in-the-chinese-and-korean-immigrant-communitiesharvard-educational-review-76120 Brandt, Deborah. “‘The Power of It’: Sponsors of Literacy in African American Lives.” Literacy in American Lives. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2001. 105-145. At large, this study traces the changing aspects, practices, and effects of literacy in the 20th century United States through the analysis of more than 80 case histories ranging from 1895 to 1985. The chapter annotated here is concerned with the different challenges and techniques in literacy sponsorship encountered by ... http://rpp.english.ucsb.edu/research/race-literacy-and-pedagogy/brandt-deborah-%e2%80%9c%e2%80%98the-power-of-it%e2%80%99-sponsors-of-literacy-in-african-american-lives%e2%80%9d-literacy-in-american-lives-cambridge-cambridge-up-2001-105-145 Connolly, Clara and Pragna Patel. “Women Who Walk on Water: Working across ‘Race’ in Women Against Fundamentalism.” The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital. Ed. Lisa Lowe and David Lloyd. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1997. 375-95. Clara Connolly and Pragna Patel’s “Women Who Walk on Water: Working across ‘Race’ in Women Against Fundamentalism" articulates the authors’ dissatisfaction with religious fundamentalism and argues that British multiculturalism—frequently seen as a liberal and progressive project—is ill-equipped to mediate the inequalities facing minority groups both within their cultures and within ... http://rpp.english.ucsb.edu/research/race-gender-and-sexuality/connolly-clara-and-pragna-patel-women-who-walk-on-water-working-across-race-in-women-against-fundamentalism-the-politics-of-culture-in-the-shadow-of-capital-ed-lisa-lowe-and-david-lloyd-durham-nc-duke Champagne, Duane. “American Indian Studies is for Everyone.”American Indian Quarterly. 20.1(1996), 77-82. In this article Champagne addresses the concerns of American Indian studies scholars who believe that only Indians are qualified to study Indian life, history and culture. As a counter to these critics’ claims, Champagne writes that, “To say that only Indians can study Indians goes too far toward excluding ... http://rpp.english.ucsb.edu/research/specific-us-racial-groups/native-american/champagne-duane-%e2%80%9camerican-indian-studies-is-for-everyone%e2%80%9damerican-indian-quarterly-2011996-77-82 Connolly, Mark R. “What’s in a Name? A Historical Look at Native American-Related Nicknames and Symbols at Three U.S. Universities.” The Journal of Higher Education. 71.5 (2000), 515-547. In this article Connolly examines the arguments surrounding the use of Native American-Related nicknames and mascots at three U.S. Universities: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (the “Fighting Illini"), Miami University in Ohio (the “Redskins") and Eastern Michigan University (the “Hurons"). After reviewing the history behind these nicknames and ... http://rpp.english.ucsb.edu/research/specific-us-racial-groups/native-american/connolly-mark-r-%e2%80%9cwhat%e2%80%99s-in-a-name-a-historical-look-at-native-american-related-nicknames-and-symbols-at-three-us-universities%e2%80%9d-the-journal-of-higher-education-715-2000-515-547 West, Cornel. “The New Cultural Politics of Difference.” Race, Identity and Representation in Education. Ed. Cameron McCarthy and Warren Crichlow. New York: Routledge, 1993. In this article West announces the emergence of a new kind of cultural politics, marking “a significant shift in the sensibilities and outlooks of critics and artists" (11). West argues that previous forms of criticism can no longer account for the ethnic, gender and sexual diversity of late twentieth-century ... http://rpp.english.ucsb.edu/research/race-and-the-academic-institution/west-cornel-%e2%80%9cthe-new-cultural-politics-of-difference%e2%80%9d-race-identity-and-representation-in-education-ed-cameron-mccarthy-and-warren-crichlow-new-york-routledge-1993 Paul, Dierdre Glenn. Life, Culture and Education on the Academic Plantation: Womanist Thought and Perspective. Questions about the Purpose(s) of Colleges and Universities, Vol. 2. Ed. Norm Denzin, Josef Progler, Joe L. Kincheloe, and Shirley R. Steinberg. New York: Peter Lang, 2001. “Through the processes of reflexivity and life history, Paul writes, “I attempt to cohere the concentric spheres of race, gender, and class as they play themselves out in my daily living and multiple roles" (xi). A collection of essays not necessarily meant to be read linearly, Life, Culture and ... 143 http://rpp.english.ucsb.edu/research/race-gender-and-sexuality/paul-dierdre-glenn-life-culture-and-education-on-the-academic-plantation-womanist-thought-and-perspective-questions-about-the-purposes-of-colleges-and-universities-vol-2-ed-norm-denzin-josef-progler-j 0