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I've Got A Story to Tell: Identity and Place in the Academyreviewed by Barbara Wallace - 2001 Title: I've Got A Story to Tell: Identity and Place in the Academy Author(s): Sandra Jackson and Jose Solis Jordan (Eds) Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, New York ISBN: 0820438626, Pages: 167, Year: 1999 Search for book at Amazon.com Sandra Jackson and Jose Solis Jordan have produced an edited
volume that transmits a chorus of voices covering the themes of
racism, sexism, classism and homophobia in the academy. They've got
a story to tell! But, are the majority of academics ready to
listen?
From their "Introduction" it is clear that Jackson and Jordan
clearly understand the nature and magnitude of what they are
revealing, for they state that the book seeks to "break silences
and to speak the unspeakable" (p.1.). They also know what they risk
in presenting a body of material that may be dissected and rejected
by the majority of academics in the name of intellectual discussion
"until there is no humanity to the experience, nothing that should
necessarily move one to struggle to understand the experiences of
others who are different" (p.3).
Jackson and Jordan also forewarn how all too often "professors
of color are accused of being overly sensitive, without humor,
taking things too seriously, and looking for trouble where none
exists."... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Barbara Wallace
Teachers College, Columbia University E-mail Author Barbara C. Wallace is Associate Professor of Health Education in the Department of Health and Behavior Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her scholarly interests include: primary, secondary and tertiary violence prevention in school- and community-based settings, domestic violence, addictions and dependencies especially to crack and cocaine, drug abuse and HIV/AIDS, and health promotion in multicultural settings. Selected publications include Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families: Prevention, Intervention and Treatment for Community Health Promotion (Praeger) and Crack Cocaine: A Practical Treatment Approach for the Chemically Dependent (Brunner/Mazel).
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