Format:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 306 p)
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ill
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0813544548
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0813544556
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9780813544540
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9780813544557
Content:
The United States is known as a "melting pot" yet this mix tends to be volatile and contributes to a long history of oppression, racism, and bigotry. Emerging Intersections, an anthology of ten previously unpublished essays, looks at the problems of inequality and oppression from new angles and promotes intersectionality as an interpretive tool that can be utilized to better understand the ways in which race, class, gender, ethnicity, and other dimensions of difference shape our lives today. The book showcases innovative contributions that expand our understanding of how inequality a
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Foreword: Emerging Intersections-Building Knowledge and Transforming Institutions; Acknowledgments; 1: Critical Thinking about Inequality: An Emerging Lens; 2: Entering a Profession: Race, Gender, and Class in the Lives of Black Women Attorneys; 3: The Intersection of Poverty Discourses: Race, Class, Culture, and Gender; 4: Staggered Inequalities in Access to Higher Education by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity; 5: Developing Policy to Address the Lived Experiences of Working Mothers
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6: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Class on Maternity Leave Decisions: Implications for Public Policy7: Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in the Workforce, Education, and Training under Welfare Reform; 8: Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Early School Leaving (Dropping Out); 9: Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Political Participation and Civic Engagement; 10: Intersections, Identities, and Inequalities in Higher Education; 11: Transforming the Campus Climate through Institutions, Collaboration, and Mentoring
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12: Conclusion: Future Directions in Knowledge Building and Sustaining Institutional ChangeContributors; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813544540
Additional Edition:
Print version Emerging Intersections : Race, Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice
Language:
English
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