Rhonda Jeffries
Biographic Data
| ID | 4818951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rhonda Jeffries |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rhonda |
| FAMILY NAME | Jeffries |
| SIGNATURE | JEFFRIES R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-3328-8629 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reclaiming Our Roots
This article, theoretically constructed on Gramsci's notion of cultural hegemony, explores the use of Black female hair as a cultural signifier in two media texts, specifically Adrienne Kennedy's play, Funnyhouse of a Negro, and Chris Rock's documentary, Good Hair, in specific media texts. Analysis of the verbal and visual rhetoric regarding a Black female aesthetic revealed associated themes of generational family influences and identity formati…
Worldviews of Urban Iroquois Faculty
Introduction and Conceptual Framework Too many times, in Rapid City and other cities where there is a high concentration of Native Americans, the schools' expectations of the students are that they are lazy, dumb, slow, and that they're going to grow up to be drunks. This negative expectation is difficult to overcome. (Sneve 1993, 41) Many inner-city schools are underfunded, challenged by low parent involvement, and struggling with a plethora of …
The trickster figure in African-American teaching
To Go or Not to Go
When I was growing up, there was never a thought in my mind about whether or not I would go to school. It was a given that I was going to go to school every day as long as my parents were alive and the Lord woke me up in good health. There was no room for negotiation about my being there. For my family, getting some kind of education is not something one does in order to climb social ladders or get a job that pays a high salary; rather, it is vie…
The trickster figure in African-American teaching
Reclaiming Our Roots
This article, theoretically constructed on Gramsci's notion of cultural hegemony, explores the use of Black female hair as a cultural signifier in two media texts, specifically Adrienne Kennedy's play, Funnyhouse of a Negro, and Chris Rock's documentary, Good Hair, in specific media texts. Analysis of the verbal and visual rhetoric regarding a Black female aesthetic revealed associated themes of generational family influences and identity formati…
Worldviews of Urban Iroquois Faculty
Introduction and Conceptual Framework Too many times, in Rapid City and other cities where there is a high concentration of Native Americans, the schools' expectations of the students are that they are lazy, dumb, slow, and that they're going to grow up to be drunks. This negative expectation is difficult to overcome. (Sneve 1993, 41) Many inner-city schools are underfunded, challenged by low parent involvement, and struggling with a plethora of …
To Go or Not to Go
When I was growing up, there was never a thought in my mind about whether or not I would go to school. It was a given that I was going to go to school every day as long as my parents were alive and the Lord woke me up in good health. There was no room for negotiation about my being there. For my family, getting some kind of education is not something one does in order to climb social ladders or get a job that pays a high salary; rather, it is vie…
The trickster figure in African-American teaching
Worldviews of Urban Iroquois Faculty
Introduction and Conceptual Framework Too many times, in Rapid City and other cities where there is a high concentration of Native Americans, the schools' expectations of the students are that they are lazy, dumb, slow, and that they're going to grow up to be drunks. This negative expectation is difficult to overcome. (Sneve 1993, 41) Many inner-city schools are underfunded, challenged by low parent involvement, and struggling with a plethora of …
Reclaiming Our Roots
This article, theoretically constructed on Gramsci's notion of cultural hegemony, explores the use of Black female hair as a cultural signifier in two media texts, specifically Adrienne Kennedy's play, Funnyhouse of a Negro, and Chris Rock's documentary, Good Hair, in specific media texts. Analysis of the verbal and visual rhetoric regarding a Black female aesthetic revealed associated themes of generational family influences and identity formati…
Sociology (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Education Systems and Policy (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work) · Action research (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · African american (1 work)