Identity and difference in higher education : outsiders within

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Identity and difference in higher education : outsiders within

edited by Pauline Anderson and Jenny Williams

Ashgate, c2001

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-190) and index

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Description

This volume brings together contributions from a group of authors who explore the themes of identity and difference in the context of a range of power relationships within higher education.

Table of Contents

  • Section 1 Identity and difference in higher education - the context: identity and difference - concepts and themes, Pauline Anderson and Jenny Williams
  • mass higher education - the construction of difference, Jenny Williams and Jane Abson
  • mass higher education - feminist pedagogy in the learning society, Louise Morley. Section 2 Students in post-compulsory education: "I'm doing it for all of us" - gender and identity in the transition to higher education, Sue Webb
  • education - whats in it for mature women?, Janet Parr
  • disabled women enter the academy, Carol Thomas
  • insiders and/or outsiders - black female voices from the academy, Shirin Housee
  • negotiating identities - women's studies students, transferable skills and learning outcomes, Pat Green
  • narratives of a gendered self - class, interiority and women's educational desires, Pam Lunn. Section 3 Reflections from feminist academics - researching and teaching in HE: "isn't he good, but can we take her seriously?, Gayle Letherby and John Shields
  • divided loyaties - class identity and higher education, Pauline Anderson
  • black women in ivory towers - racism and sexism in the academy, Cecily Jones
  • surviving the academic alienation of black women, Annecka Marshall
  • common beginnings, differing conclusions, Pauline Anderson and Jenny Williams,

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  • NCID
    BA5245198X
  • ISBN
    • 0754611582
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Aldershot
  • Pages/Volumes
    vii, 197 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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