World, Class, Women: Global Literature, Education, and Feminism

by Robin Truth Goodman

Overview

World, Class, Women begins the extraordinarily important task of bringing a postcolonial, feminist voice to critical pedagogy and, by extension explores how current debates about education could make a contribution to feminist thought. Robin Truth Goodman deftly weaves together the disciplines of literature, postcolonialism, feminism, and education in order to theorize how the shrinking of the public sphere and the rise of globalization influence access to learning, what counts as knowledge, and the possibilities of a radical feminism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415944908
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/25/2003
Edition description:	ANN
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robin Truth Goodman is an assistant professor of English at Florida State University and a Global Fellow at the International Institute of University of California at Los Angeles. Her prior books include Strange Love: Or How We Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Market (with Kenneth J. Saltman) and Infertilities: Exploring Fictions of Barren Bodies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Critical Pedagogy and the Feminist Legacy Chapter Two: The Philosopher's Stoned: Harry Potter's Public Chapter Three: A Time for Flying Horses: Oil Education and the Future of Literature Chapter Four: The Triumphant but Tragic Wealth of the Poor: Buchi Emecheta Meets Hernando DeSoto's Informal Markets Chapter Five: Homework: School in Serowe Chapter Six: Conclusion Works Citied

Editorial Reviews

"Robin Goodman has written a path-breaking book which not only challenges the market-based attack on all things public, but also examines how theory and literature can be used to reclaim feminism, schooling, and economic justice as part of a broader effort in imagining a global democratic public sphere. Goodman's analysis of the complex relationship between feminism and critical pedagogy is the best I have read in decades. Her astute analysis of popular culture, her ease at crossing disciplinary boundaries, and her use of theory as a resource, and literature as a referent for a new kind of public pedagogy is brilliant. Anyone concerned about feminism, literature, pedagogy, and what it means to embrace matters of politics and social justice with conviction and courage should read this book." — Henry A. Giroux, author of The Abandoned Generation
"Reading theories and texts of identity and gender against the realities of a corporate world order driven by the ideology of the free market and the demand for profit at all costs, Goodman raises provocative and challenging questions for both feminists and other educators seeking to build a more just and equitable world." — Kathleen Weiler, editor of Feminist Engagements

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