Intersectionality and Race in Education (Routledge Research in Education) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415888778 ISBN 13: 9780415888776

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

Education is a controversial subject in which difficult and contested discourses are the norm. Individuals in education experience multiple inequalities and have diverse identifications that cannot necessarily be captured by one theoretical perspective alone. This edited collection draws on empirical and theoretical research to examine the intersections of "race," gender and class, alongside other aspects of personhood, within education. Contributors from the fields of education and sociology seek to locate the dimensions of difference and identity within recent theoretical discourses such as Critical Race Theory, Judith Butler and ‘queer’ theory, post-structural approaches and multicultural models, as they analyze whiteness and the education experience of minority ethnic groups. By combining a mix of intellectually rigorous, accessible, and controversial chapters, this book presents a distinctive and engaging voice, one that seeks to broaden the understanding of education research beyond the confines of the education sphere into an arena of sociological and cultural discourse.

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About the Author

Kalwant Bhopal is Reader in Education at the University of Southampton, School of Education.

John Preston is Professor of Education at the University of East London, Cass School of Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415888778
• ISBN 13: 9780415888776
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238
• Editor: Bhopal Kalwant, Preston John