Open AccessPushing the Margins: Women of Color and Intersectionality in LIS. Rose L. Chou and Annie Pho, eds. Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press, 2018. 508p. $35.00 (ISBN 978-1-63400-052-9).
Author(s) -
Jaena Alabi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
college and research libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 2150-6701
pISSN - 0010-0870
DOI - 10.5860/crl.81.1.152
Subject(s) - surprise , intersectionality , rose (mathematics) , white (mutation) , people of color , sociology , art history , media studies , art , library science , history , computer science , gender studies , race (biology) , mathematics , communication , chemistry , biochemistry , gene , geometry
It should come as no surprise to anyone in library and information science (LIS) that our profession is composed overwhelmingly of white women. In this environment, the stories of people of color, especially women of color, do not receive sufficient attention. Pushing the Margins: Women of Color and Intersectionality in LIS brings to the fore the perspectives of those who are often silenced or ignored.
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