Twenty-First-Century Feminist Classrooms: Pedagogies of Identity and Difference by Susan Sanchez-Casal, Amy MacDonald, Amie A. MacDonald

Synopsis

Twenty-First-Century Feminist Classrooms invigorates feminist education by reevaluating the pedagogical and political relevance of experience, identity, and difference. The authors generate supportive critiques of mainstream feminist pedagogies and articulate new methods for understanding and centralizing the epistemic function of experience in the antiracist feminist classroom. The Introduction proposes a new paradigm for feminist educators by reevaluating the significance and application of identity theory in feminist pedagogy. The essays that follow focus on a range of theoretical and identity-based issues in feminist pedagogy--from the impact of racism, white resistance, and nationalism on feminist teaching and learning, to the challenges of teaching Queer Theory, Black History, and Histories of Genocide in antiracist feminist classrooms.

Biography

Susan Sánchez-Casal is Associate Professor of Spanish and Women’s Studies at Hamilton College. She is author of essays on women’s testimonial literatures, U.S. Latino Studies, and the politics of multiculturalism in higher education.

Amie A. Macdonald is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at John Jay College/City University of New York. She has published essays on the impact of nationalism, feminism, and racial identity in higher education.