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Black feminist thought and cultural contracts: Understanding the intersection and negotiation of racial, gendered, and professional identities in the academy
✍ Scribed by Tina M. Harris
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 100 KB
- Volume
- 2007
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-0633
- DOI
- 10.1002/tl.274
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
This chapter explores identity negotiation by women of color in academe at a predominantly white institution. The author discusses use of the title doctor as a form of address to manage interactions with graduate students in the college classroom, and the difficulties associated with negotiating and balancing these diverse and complex identities in an oppressive context.