Critical Multiculturalism Uncommon Voices in a Common Struggle

Subjects:

• Education » Educational Foundations
• Political Science » Civil/Political/Human Rights
• Education » Multicultural Education
• Multicultural Studies » Multicultural Studies (General)

Reviews:

• Fourteen educators here collaborate to present a volume that attempts to illuminate the most critical issues surrounding multicultural education: the content of the curriculum; gender, sexual identity, language, class, race and ethnicity: and the distribution of power....Those who hunger for articulated theoretical foundations for multicultural practice will find some interesting ideas.
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Table of Contents:

• Introduction--Resistance Multiculturalism and the Politics of Difference by Barry Kanpol and Peter McLaren
• Educational Change and the Crisis of the Left: Toward a Postmodern Educational Discourse by Svi Shapiro
• Radical Democracy, The Politics of Difference, and Education by Michael Peters
• The Fringe Dwellers: African American Women Scholars in the Postmodern Era by Beverly M. Gordon
• Multicultural Education and Postmodernism: Movement toward a Dialogue by Carl A. Grant and Judyth M. Sachs
• The Politics of Insurgent Multiculturalism in the Era of the Los Angeles Uprising by Henry A. Giroux
• Pedagogies of Dissent and Transformation: A Dialogue about Postmodernity, Social Context, and the Politics of Literacy by Kris D. Gutierrez and Peter McLaren
• Adult Education and the Politics of the Theoretical Text by Daniele D. Flannery
• Learning the Hard Way: Maria's Story by Bonny Norton Peirce
• Multiculturalism and Empathy: A Border Pedagogy of Solidarity by Barry Kanpol
• The Conflicts of Difference in an Inner-City School: Experiencing Border Crossings in the Ghetto by Fred Yeo
• Emerging Student and Teacher Voices: A Syncopated Rhythm in Public Education by Suzanne SooHoo
• Safeguarding Empowerment by Jeffrey Cinnamond
• Index