Teaching - Reading & Language, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Women's Biography, Education - Social & Political Aspects, Feminism, Education Biography, Women's Biography, English Language Reference, Writing
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Overview
This book presents autobiographical visions of women writing teachers-their complex lives as writers, as instructors, as feminists, as professionals in the academy. The authors explore their complex identities as teachers: the particular configurations of their pasts, gender, class, ethnic backgrounds, personalities, and cultures that have shaped their personae as instructors of writing.Editorials
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Twenty women writing teachers describe their lives as writers, instructors, feminists, and professionals in the academy, exploring the configurations of the past, gender, class, ethnic backgrounds, personalities, and cultures that have shaped their identifies as teachers. They illustrate how women can emerge from silence, gain authority and power as professionals, and balance the private and public aspects of their lives. They also explore how women have changed the model of teaching. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
September 30, 2009
Publisher
State University of New York Press
ISBN
9781438419022