Debbie Weekes
Biographic Data
| ID | 331525 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debbie Weekes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debbie |
| FAMILY NAME | Weekes |
| SIGNATURE | WEEKES D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nottingham Trent University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Keeping it in the community: Creating safe spaces for black girlhood
This article argues that for some young women black cultural forms and the means through which these forms are interpreted have come to symbolise a wider 'black community' going beyond physical or geographical boundaries. Taken from conversations held with groups of young African Caribbean women in 1995, the paper discusses the nature of this at times one-dimensional 'community'. Through highlighting the processes of exclusion/inclusion involved …
'Race', Class and Gender in Exclusion From School
This book explores the impact of 'race', class and gender on the interaction of pupils and their teachers in the classroom setting. It seeks to examine the extent to which these variables can account for differential rates of school exclusion between pupils from different ethnic/racial groups, socio-economic classes and genders.
Get Your Freak on: How black girls sexualise identity
Despite reported increasing levels of teenage pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infection among African-Caribbean young people in the UK, young Black women express sexual identities that are both over- and non-sexualised and exclude themselves from reference to sexual desire and experience. This article will argue that through engaging in complex processes of denigrating the sexual activity of other peers, young Black women attempt to portray t…
"Race," Class and Gender in Exclusion from School
Race, Class and Gender in Exclusion from School, by Cecile Wright, Debbie Weekes, and Alex McGlaughlin. London: Falmer Press, 2000. 160 pp. $90.00, cloth. $29.95, paper. This book examines the confluent impact of race, class, and gender on school in the British educational system. The study on which this book is based took place in the wake of zero tolerance policies both in Britain and in the United States. Zero tolerance policies have led to gr…
Gender-blind racism in the experience of schooling and identity formation
Much of the research dealing with education and race has concentrated on the experiences of black males. Research now needs to address the issue of how schools affect the production of black femininities. The aim is to explore how both black males and females adapt to schooling, and school exclusion in particular. Previous theoretical models often situate black women within the stereotype of the ‘superwoman’ and negate the experiences of black fe…
Masculinised Discourses within Education and the Construction of Black Male Identities amongst African Caribbean Youth
Boys in general, and Black boys in particular, are being excluded from school in ever increasing and disproportionate numbers, drawing attention to the need for a closer examination of the interrelationship between 'race' and gender. Clearly, young Black masculinities are not expressed in isolation, but are, amongst other influences, informed and shaped by school processes. Within schools, the ways in which masculinities are portrayed plays a maj…
Masculinised Discourses within Education and the Construction of Black Male Identities amongst African Caribbean Youth
Boys in general, and Black boys in particular, are being excluded from school in ever increasing and disproportionate numbers, drawing attention to the need for a closer examination of the interrelationship between 'race' and gender. Clearly, young Black masculinities are not expressed in isolation, but are, amongst other influences, informed and shaped by school processes. Within schools, the ways in which masculinities are portrayed plays a maj…
Keeping it in the community: Creating safe spaces for black girlhood
This article argues that for some young women black cultural forms and the means through which these forms are interpreted have come to symbolise a wider 'black community' going beyond physical or geographical boundaries. Taken from conversations held with groups of young African Caribbean women in 1995, the paper discusses the nature of this at times one-dimensional 'community'. Through highlighting the processes of exclusion/inclusion involved …
Gender-blind racism in the experience of schooling and identity formation
Much of the research dealing with education and race has concentrated on the experiences of black males. Research now needs to address the issue of how schools affect the production of black femininities. The aim is to explore how both black males and females adapt to schooling, and school exclusion in particular. Previous theoretical models often situate black women within the stereotype of the ‘superwoman’ and negate the experiences of black fe…
Masculinised Discourses within Education and the Construction of Black Male Identities amongst African Caribbean Youth
Boys in general, and Black boys in particular, are being excluded from school in ever increasing and disproportionate numbers, drawing attention to the need for a closer examination of the interrelationship between 'race' and gender. Clearly, young Black masculinities are not expressed in isolation, but are, amongst other influences, informed and shaped by school processes. Within schools, the ways in which masculinities are portrayed plays a maj…
Gender-blind racism in the experience of schooling and identity formation
Much of the research dealing with education and race has concentrated on the experiences of black males. Research now needs to address the issue of how schools affect the production of black femininities. The aim is to explore how both black males and females adapt to schooling, and school exclusion in particular. Previous theoretical models often situate black women within the stereotype of the ‘superwoman’ and negate the experiences of black fe…
"Race," Class and Gender in Exclusion from School
Race, Class and Gender in Exclusion from School, by Cecile Wright, Debbie Weekes, and Alex McGlaughlin. London: Falmer Press, 2000. 160 pp. $90.00, cloth. $29.95, paper. This book examines the confluent impact of race, class, and gender on school in the British educational system. The study on which this book is based took place in the wake of zero tolerance policies both in Britain and in the United States. Zero tolerance policies have led to gr…
'Race', Class and Gender in Exclusion From School
This book explores the impact of 'race', class and gender on the interaction of pupils and their teachers in the classroom setting. It seeks to examine the extent to which these variables can account for differential rates of school exclusion between pupils from different ethnic/racial groups, socio-economic classes and genders.
Get Your Freak on: How black girls sexualise identity
Despite reported increasing levels of teenage pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infection among African-Caribbean young people in the UK, young Black women express sexual identities that are both over- and non-sexualised and exclude themselves from reference to sexual desire and experience. This article will argue that through engaging in complex processes of denigrating the sexual activity of other peers, young Black women attempt to portray t…
Keeping it in the community: Creating safe spaces for black girlhood
This article argues that for some young women black cultural forms and the means through which these forms are interpreted have come to symbolise a wider 'black community' going beyond physical or geographical boundaries. Taken from conversations held with groups of young African Caribbean women in 1995, the paper discusses the nature of this at times one-dimensional 'community'. Through highlighting the processes of exclusion/inclusion involved …
Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (3 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Class (philosophy) (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Identity (music (2 works)