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Between the Masks
Diane Dubose Brunner
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Description for Between the Masks
Paperback. A study of representation and the "politics of place" through a pedagogy of narrative-forming inquiry and a critical reflection on identity. It seeks to propose a multicultural revision of knowledge that displaces the binarisms of insider/outsider rather than shifting the margin to the centre. Series: Culture & Education Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JNA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 255.
Between the Masks articulates a study of representation and the 'politics of place' through a pedagogy of narrative-performing inquiry and a critical reflection on identity. As a resistance to essentialist politics, the text focuses on the identity making/marking role of cultural materials in the recovery of different and overdetermind histories. It proposes a multicultural revision of knowledge that displaces the binarisms of insider/outside rather than simply shifting the margin to the center. By combining perspectives that produce strong readings with a semiotic method of analysis, the essentialist representations of racial, ethnic, sexual, and class biases will be revealed as strategies ... Read more
Between the Masks articulates a study of representation and the 'politics of place' through a pedagogy of narrative-performing inquiry and a critical reflection on identity. As a resistance to essentialist politics, the text focuses on the identity making/marking role of cultural materials in the recovery of different and overdetermind histories. It proposes a multicultural revision of knowledge that displaces the binarisms of insider/outside rather than simply shifting the margin to the center. By combining perspectives that produce strong readings with a semiotic method of analysis, the essentialist representations of racial, ethnic, sexual, and class biases will be revealed as strategies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Culture & Education Series
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847688968
SKU
V9780847688968
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About Diane Dubose Brunner
Diane DuBose Brunner is associate professor of English and director of English education at Michigan State University.
Reviews for Between the Masks
The coda, Critical Teaching and Theatricality in Everyday Life, is an especially provocative look at universities and English departments as theaters of knowledge. Recommended for all collections.
H. A. Booth, SUNY at Buffalo
CHOICE
Between the Masks presents one feminist's contruction of a pedagogy that can illuminate the politics of race, class, and gender.
Signs: ... Read more
H. A. Booth, SUNY at Buffalo
CHOICE
Between the Masks presents one feminist's contruction of a pedagogy that can illuminate the politics of race, class, and gender.
Signs: ... Read more