Feminist Scholars' experiences in decolonising the academy : race, class, and identity in narrative / Jan Etienne ; edited by Jan Etienne and Reham Elmorally.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Etienne, Jan, author.

Contributor:

Elmorally, Reham, editor.

Series:

Gender Studies (Lived Places Publishing)

Gender Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Feminist theory.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Lived Places Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

Explore the importance and challenges of decolonising higher education, and how a diverse group of feminist scholars might approach the question.

How do different gender identities interact with the key challenge of decolonising higher education? Editor Jan Etienne brings together a range of experiences from a diverse group of feminist scholars to explore how perspectives of race, class, gender, and social identity can impact and inform decolonising activism. Ideal reading for students of Gender Studies, Critical Race Theory Studies, Black Studies, Decolonial Studies, Activism Studies, and other related and interdisciplinary courses, this book will be of interest to all scholars interested in the decolonisation of the higher education curriculum.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half-Title

Title Page

Dedication

Copyright Information

Abstract

Lead author's message

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Learning objectives

Introduction to chapters

Theme one: Understanding Black and decolonial feminist approaches in anti-racist, decolonising work in higher education Introduction

1 Thinking Black and decolonial feminist in higher education A Black British womanist perspective

Themes in the book

Why use Black feminist principles to decolonise higher education?

Intersectionality: Emerging out of Black feminist praxis

Black feminist engagement with womanist principles and the challenge of representation

Black British feminisms

Learning objective

2 Using Black feminist text in the writing of the self: Acts of decolonisation in the writing of the self: sexuality and learner self-reflection in higher education

Introducing reflection

Gloria E. Anzaldúa: The writing as a theoretical crossing

Autohistoria as theorisation: A concept for the practice of telling stories

The wounds that (still) bleed

Theme Two: Sharing good practice in using Black feminist theory in higher education decolonising work

3 Decolonising from the margins Centring tutor identity and Black feminist thought in higher education

Introduction

Beginnings - A privileged child unaware of race

Class distinctions

Celebrating comprehensive school education

Encountering misogyny

Working in the margins

Creating change from the margins

Challenging institutional norms from a portacabin in the car park

An ethic of care and personal accountability

An example of decolonisation

Putting Black feminist thought into practice

Thinking about a decolonising pedagogy

Not leaving the self behind.

Foregrounding personal stories to decolonise the curriculum

4 Conversations that change the decolonising world: Exploring class, disability, and race perspectives in decolonising arts-based feminist research

Part 1: Habitual Currents

Introducing those in conversation, bell hooks and the research participants

Conversations in context

In conversation with bell hooks

Feminist arts-based research

Conversations to change the world

Conversations using an ethical caring matrix

Conversation matrix

The feminist researcher's reflections upon art-based practices

Theme Three: Leading and delivering Black and decolonial feminist approaches in higher education

5 Resisting the neoliberal higher education academy: A decolonising feminist imaginary for existing in and surviving the neoliberal university

Who am I?

A decolonising feminist imaginary

The rise and rise of neoliberalism in English higher education

Surviving in a neoliberal university in England (or fewer people = more work = violence)

Black feminist responses to neoliberal challenges

Decolonising feminist collectives and surviving the neoliberal university

A reflexive engagement with "the politics of exhaustion"

6 Combahee and beyond Black feminism, activism, and decolonising approaches to research

Producing theory from lived experience - Finding our voice

Black feminism in the academy - teaching with love - a decolonising tool

Motherhood and "refugeeness" - Can you see us?

The invisibility of the refugee, asylum-seeking mother

Black feminism post-Covid-19

Conclusion

7 Black feminist practice in decolonising for social justice and well-being

Opening up marginalised voices.

The adultification of Black girls

Black feminism and activism

What is decolonising for well-being in higher education?

Social justice strategies in higher education

Black women's activism in social justice approaches impacting well-being

Narrative storytelling

Black women - showing up for activism

Black women and a sense of responsibility

Black women's activism is historically represented as a default state of being

Black women and representation

Black feminist approaches to collaboration

Who cares for us?

Closing remarks

8 Decolonisation, intersectionality, and change Black and decolonial feminist collaboration

Recommended assignments/Discussion questions

Other assignments

Notes

References

Recommended further activities

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Feminist Scholars' experiences in decolonising the academy : race, class, and identity in narrative.

ISBN:

9781915734105

191573410X

9781915734099

1915734096

OCLC:

1500738156