Interdisciplinarity and social justice : revisioning academic accountability / edited by Joe Parker, Ranu Samantrai, and Mary Romero.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parker, Joe, 1956-

Samantrai, Ranu.

Romero, Mary.

Series:

SUNY Series, Praxis : Theory in Action

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interdisciplinary approach in education.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNNY Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Considers the past, present, and future of interdisciplinary fields motivated by concerns for social justice.

Contents:

""Interdisciplinarity and Social Justice""; ""Interdisciplinarity and Social Justice""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter One: Interdisciplinarity and Social Justice: An Introduction""; ""Section I: Critiques of Disciplinarity""; ""Chapter Two: Metaphors of Globalization""; ""Chapter Three: Crossing the Immigration and Race Border: A Critical Race Theory Approach to Immigration Studies""; ""Chapter Four: Whiteness in a Red Room: Telling Stories and Legal Discourse in the Tribal Courtroom""

""Chapter Five: An Emergent Extradisciplinarity: Worlding Arabs, Activist Representation, and the Example of Ahdaf Soueif""""Section II: Critiques of Interdisciplinary Fields""; ""Chapter Six: Cultural Studies: Justice, Values, and Social Class""; ""Chapter Seven: The Other Inters: Augmenting Academic Disciplinarity to Make Things (Happen)""; ""Chapter Eight: The Ethico-politics of Dedisciplinary Practices""; ""Chapter Nine: The Limits of Interdisciplinarity: The Case of Chicano Studies""; ""Section III: Interdisciplinary Claims to Social Justice""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438431376

1438431376

OCLC:

794699086