Full Description
The Power and Freedom of Black Feminist and Womanist Pedagogy: Still Woke celebrates and reaffirms the power of Black feminist and womanist pedagogies and practices in university classrooms. Employing autocritography (through personal reflection, research, and critical analysis), the contributors to the volume boldly tell groundbreaking stories of their teaching experiences and their evolving relationships to Black feminist and womanist theory and criticism. From their own unique perspectives, each contributor views teaching as a life-changing collaborative and interactive endeavor with students. Moreover, each of them envisions their pedagogical practice as a strategic vehicle to transport the legacy of struggles for liberating, social justice and transformative change in the U.S. and globally. Firmly grounded in Black feminist and womanist theory and practice, this book honors the herstorical labor of Black women and women of color intellectual activists who have unapologetically held up the banner of freedom in academia.
Contents
Preface: Reaffirming the Power and Joy of Black Feminist and Womanist Thought, Gary L. Lemons and Cheryl R. Rodriguez
Introduction: Embracing Transformation: Welcoming Wholeness and Truth into Our Classrooms, Cheryl R. Rodriguez and Gary L. Lemons
Part I: "I Am"—Pedagogies of Resistance, Liberation, and Transformation
Chapter One: The Radical Work of Teaching for Justice: Black Feminist Pedagogy for 21st Century Thought and Activism, Cheryl R. Rodriguez
Chapter Two: Teaching as Liberatory Praxis: Learning to Shed Fear and Transcend Structures of Domination in the Classroom, Hanna Garth
Chapter Three: Teaching Relationality: Pedagogies Across Asymmetries of Racialization and Colonization, Quynh Nhu Le
Chapter Four: I am that, too: Integrating the Black Woman into the First Year Composition Classroom, Kendra N. Bryant
Part II: Education "as the Practice of Freedom": Holding on to bell hooks' Pedagogical Legacy
Chapter Five: Still Becoming Me: My Journey through bell hooks' Vision of "Engaged Pedagogy
