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Black feminist thought and cultural contracts: Understanding the intersection and negotiation of racial, gendered, and professional identities in the academy
Author(s) -
Harris Tina M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.274
Subject(s) - negotiation , sociology , institution , gender studies , white (mutation) , identity (music) , identity negotiation , context (archaeology) , intersection (aeronautics) , race (biology) , women of color , pedagogy , social science , aesthetics , engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , paleontology , biology , gene , aerospace engineering , philosophy
This chapter explores identity negotiation by women of color in academe at a predominantly white institution. The author discusses use of the title doctor as a form of address to manage interactions with graduate students in the college classroom, and the difficulties associated with negotiating and balancing these diverse and complex identities in an oppressive context.