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Political Mothering: Latina and A frican A merican Mothers in the Struggle for Educational Justice
Author(s) -
Fuentes Emma
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12027
Subject(s) - sociology , participatory action research , politics , ethnography , narrative , economic justice , power (physics) , gender studies , social justice , citizen journalism , political action , criminology , political science , anthropology , law , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
This article explores the process and impact of women organizing for educational justice in N orthern C alifornia by documenting the efforts of a committed group of mothers who sought to address the disproportionate underachievement of L atino and A frican A merican students within their city's high school. Using a combined methodology of ethnography and participatory action research, this article illustrates the power of converting racial and social identities into a political strategy while constructing new narratives of self.