Queen mothers : articulating the spirit of black women teacher-leaders / edited by Rhonda Jeffries.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jeffries, Rhonda B. (Rhonda Baynes), 1965- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American mothers.

African American women.

Women, Black.

Leadership in women.

African American women in the professions.

African American women educators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2019]

Summary:

"Black women's experiences functioning as mothers, teachers and leaders are confounding and complex. Queen Mothers from Ghanaian tradition are revered as the leaders of their matrilineal families and the teachers of the high chiefs (Mùller, 2013; Stoeltje, 1997). Conversely, the influence of the British Queen Mother on Black women in the Americas translates as a powerless title of (dis)courtesy. Characterized as a deviant figure by colonialists, the Black Queen Mother's role as disruptive agent was created by White domination of Black life (Masenya, 2014) and this branding persists among contemporary perceptions of Black women who function as the mother, teacher, or leader figure in various spaces. Nevertheless, Black women as cultural anomalies were suitable to mother others for centuries in their roles as chattel and domestic servants in the United States. Dill (2014), Lawson (2000), Lewis (1977) and Rodriguez (2016) provide explorations of the devaluation of Black women in roles of power with these effects wide-ranging from economic and family security, professional and business development, healthcare maintenance, political representation, spiritual enlightenment and educational achievement. This text will interrogate contexts where Black women may function as Queen Mothers and contest the trivialization of their manifold contributions. Questions explored are: 1) How are Black women positioned to mother, teach and lead others in personal and professional spaces? 2) What are the experiences of Black women mothering, teaching and leading their own children, families, and communities? 3) How has spirituality influenced the leadership styles of Black women and mothers and teachers?"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Hail to the queens: A preface / Rhonda Baynes Jeffries

Chapter 1. If your mother is a queen... Teachable moments on leading and living to serve / Rhonda Baynes Jeffries

Chapter 2. Black women intellectuals: Othering, mothering, resilience, and madness / Robin Hughes, Lori Patton Davis, and Ronda C. Henry Anthony

Chapter 3. Look on me and be renewed: Black mothers as scholar-activists in teacher education / Tambra Jackson and Natasha Flowers

Chapter 4. They must get it, they must learn: Exploring teaching as community mothering for a multi-generational mississippi family of black women teacher-leaders / Brenda G. Harris and Cleveland Hayes

Chapter 5. Reclaiming my time: A reflection of my journey as a black woman in the field / Kristal Moore Clemons

Chapter 6. How I made it over: Tales of triumph and truth from black women educators / Rebecca George and Alexanderia T. Smith

Chapter 7. Narratives of resistance: The experiences of black women as teachers, leaders, mothers, and academics / Kerry-Ann Escayg, Alana Butler, Danita Webb, Tanya Murray, and Shelley Henderson

Chapter 8. On the process of becoming: Black women academics othermothering from the margins / Daniella Cook and Gretchen Generett

Chapter 9. We feel like going on: Negotiating troubled waters through spiritual sistering / Crystal Hill Morton and Mercedes Cannon

Chapter 10. Still lifting as we climb: Sisters of the academy on being queen mothers / Dannielle Davis, Denise Davis-Maye, Claudine Turner, and Kaye Thompson-Rogers

Chapter 11. Queen bey: A visualyrical investigation of beyoncé as feminist, sex symbol, mother, and activist / Devair Jeffries and Laura Waringer

Chapter 12. Black women in leadership using spirituality as a buffer / M. Michelle Rosemond and Delila Owens

Chapter 13. African American women in the civil rights movement / Coyet Greene

Chapter 14. From boys to men: A case study of black mothers successfully launching their sons into college or careers / Yasha Jones Becton

Chapter 15. When grandma is your mom: An auto/ethnography on loss & other-mothering in one Caribbean-canadian family / Anita Jack-Davies

Chapter 16. How can I be like you? A tri-vocal account of intergenerational mentoring and queen mothering / Gloria Boutte, Gwenda Greene, and Damara Hightower

Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-64113-727-4