Dangerous counterstories in the corporate academy : narrating for understanding, solidarity, resistance, and community in the age of neoliberalism / edited by Emily A. Daniels (State University of New York-Plattsburgh), Brad Porfilio (National Lewis University).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daniels, Emily A., editor.

Porfilio, Bradley J., editor.

Series:

Critical constructions.

Critical constructions: studies on education and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

Neoliberalism--United States.

Neoliberalism.

Corporatization--United States.

Corporatization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although the social reality is stark for progressive scholars who engage in scholarly activities or are committed to guiding their students to develop a social-just praxis in the circles of higher education, some scholars have found fissures amid the alienating, often hostile academic world to learn, grow, and create transformative communities. Up to this date, however, their stories have not been captured. Therefore, the purpose of this volume is to highlight alternative narratives generated by transformative scholars who have maintained their oppositional identity to the structures that oppress the vast majority of citizens. By bringing together these narratives, we focus on those who have joined with likeminded colleagues to teach, engage in activism, and conduct emancipatory forms of research, learning to negotiate and survive academic and corporate realities in spite of restrictive climates.Not only are these stories vital for helping students, academics, and the wider community understand how commercialized forces are impacting the professional lives of critical scholars in the academy, they have the power to help current and future critical pedagogues define (and redefine) themselves in a social world which is continually 'promoting a narrow and intellectually stifling agenda for the role of education and turning the public against the very idea of a critical education' (McLaren, 2006). As stated by Bruner (1986) stories give 'a map of possible roles and possible worlds in which action, thought, and self-definition are possible (or desirable)' (p. 2, cited in Collins & Cooper, 2005). These possibilities for definition and redefinition are what we seek to present, explore and understand.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Students and the neoliberal institution

Chapter 1. Breaking the bank: Stories of financial, cultural and academic struggle from first-generation college students / Carrie Freie

Chapter 2. Fear in the academy / Tina Wagle

Chapter 3. Dangerous white lady / Shelley Jensen

Part II. Surviving the institution: Classroom resistance(s)

Chapter 4. College curriculum as counter discourse: The california immigration semester at occidental college / Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis, & Salvador C. Fernández

Chapter 5. A tale of the teacher educator and the storyteller: Returning stories to the social studies classroom / Sarah A. Robert, Heather Killelea McEntarfer, & Karima Amin

Chapter 6. Our excellent adventures with ncate: Stories of struggle, resistance, and hope / Leigh O'Brien & Sue Novinger

Chapter 7. Autoethnography and the emergent public: Counterstories from a community college classroom / Jeanne Cameron

Part III. In the belly of the beast: Radical scholars

Chapter 8. Radical scholar as public intellectual in a marketplace of ideas / Paul L. Thomas

Chapter 9. The skunk in the yogurt cup: Postformal academic blues as praxis / Tricia M. Kress

Chapter 10. The personal is political: Feminist resistance to neoliberalism in the academy / Alison Happel

Chapter 11. How do i keep my ideals and still teach? / E. Wayne Ross, Rich Gibson, Greg Queen, & Kevin D. Vinson

Chapter 12. "won't back down:" counter-narratives of visibility and vulnerability in a bleak house / William M. Reynolds

Chapter 13. Reflecting on insider/outsider critiques of teacher education, or 'don't talk about my momma' / Jason Michael Lukasik & Brian D. Schultz.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-62396-125-4