Transforming the ivory tower : challenging racism, sexism, and homophobia in the academy / edited by Brett C. Stockdill and Mary Yu Danico.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stockdill, Brett C., 1966-

Danico, Mary Yu.

Series:

Intersections (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Intersections. Asian and Pacific American transcultural studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in higher education--United States.

Discrimination in higher education.

Homophobia in higher education.

Sexism in higher education.

Racism in higher education.

United States.

Racism in higher education--United States.

Sexism in higher education--United States.

Homophobia in higher education--United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 216 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press ; [Los Angeles, Calif.] : in association with UCLA, Asian American Studies Center, [2012]

Contents:

The ivory tower paradox : higher education as a site of oppression and resistance / Brett C. Stockdill and Mary Yu Danico

Transforming the place that rewards and oppresses us / Rick Bonus

Telling our stories, naming ourselves : the lost María in the academy / Christina Gómez

Striving to be queer : challenging inequality from positions of privilege / Michael Armato

One activist intellectual's experience in surviving and transforming the academy / Jose Guillermo Zapata Calderon

Activist-scholar alliances for social change : the transformative power of university-community collaborations / David Naguib Pellow

Transformative disjunctures in the academy : Asian American studies as praxis / Linda Trinh Võ

Queering the ivory tower : tales of a troublemaking homosexual / Brett C. Stockdill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-200) and index.

ISBN:

9780824835262

0824835263

OCLC:

742519149