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Lessons fromChocolate Cities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2147994 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carly Jennings (Texas A&M University, corresponding author), Joe R Feagin (Texas A&M University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 431-438 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2019.1536277 |
| OpenAlex | W2909096006 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
In our reading of Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life as a work of liberation sociology, we discuss contributions to Black critical thought and praxis this book uniquely makes. Hunter and Robinson craft a Black-owned analytical approach by rezoning the United States map into a charting of African American social and cultural milestones. To apply the re-centering methodological and theoretical innovations this book encourages, we extend its themes to the contested racialized terrains of literacy and education in the US. One contemporary response to systemic educational racism, Black homeschooling, is reconceptualized as a resistance movement. Inspired by the provocative work Hunter and Robinson have done, we situate the Black homeschooling within the tradition of critical Black thought, and its enduring emancipatory warrant
Aesthetics · Art · Craft · Literacy · Pedagogy · Political science · Praxis · Racism · Reading (process · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Visual arts · Warrant · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |