States of Grace: Counterstories of a Black Woman in the Academy

ISBN-13: 9781433127076 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 128 str.

Theodorea Regina Berry

Opis

States of Grace: Counterstories of a Black Woman in the Academy recognizes, acknowledges, and centers race and gender through the embodiment of Black womanhood in the academy in the context of grace. Encapsulated in concepts of grace, this book reveals the dynamic, multidimensional presence of a scholar who brings her wholeness into her scholarship and teaching, providing insights and guidance along the way.

Recenzje

"Though focused on questions of grace, Theodorea Regina Berry's book, States of Grace: Counterstories of a Black Woman in the Academy, speaks deeply to another associated construct, dignity. At once theoretically grounded and narratively candid, this auto-ethnographic account documents Dr. Berry's challenges and pathways toward a desire for grace. Like her foremothers Anna Julia Cooper and Angela Y. Davis, Berry utilizes the intersections of her identities and their core as an African American woman to explicate multiple ingresses towards three central layers of grace: spiritual, communal, and the how one's self embodies grace that she calls personal conduct. Berry does so through the lenses of critical race feminisms, a series of reflexive counternarratives that form a memoir. Throughout, Berry doesn't shy away from self-critique or its role in moving towards simultaneously living the race in grace, surviving spirit murder, and dancing with dignity. As a result, States of Grace is a robust, accessible book, equally at home in an undergraduate teacher education course or an advanced graduate theory course." -Walter S. Gershon, Associate Professor in the School of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Studies, Kent State University

Spis treści

Acknowledgments - Introduction - Prologue - New Grace - Teaching and Learning Grace - Empowering Grace - Becoming and Understanding Through Grace - Forgiveness Through Grace - The "Race" in Grace - Closing Grace - Epilogue.

O autorze

Theodorea Regina Berry is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of Recruitment and Engagement for the Graduate School at The University of Texas at San Antonio. She also holds the title of Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies in the College of Education and Human Development at the university.