Postcolonial Representations of Women - Critical Issues for Education (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.)

In this accessible combination of post-colonial theory, feminism and pedagogy, the author advocates using subversive and contemporary artistic representations of women to remodel traditional stereotypes in education. It is in this key sector that values and norms are molded and prejudice kept at bay, yet the legacy of colonialism continues to pervade official education received in classrooms as well as 'unofficial' education ingested via popular culture and the media. The result is a variety of distorted images of women and gender in which women appear as two-dimensional stereotypes. The text analyzes both current and historical colonial representations of women in a pedagogical context. In doing so, it seeks to recast our conception of what 'difference' is, challenging historical, patriarchal gender relations with their stereotypical representations that continue to marginalize minority populations in the first world and billions of women elsewhere. These distorted images, the book argues, can be subverted using the semiology provided by postcolonialism and transnational feminism and the work of contemporary artists who rethink and recontextualize the visual codes of colonialism. These resistive images, created by women who challenge and subvert patriarchal modes of representation, can be used to create educational environments that provide an alternative view of women of non-western origin.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Explorations of Educational Purpose, 18
Release date:	June 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Rachel Bailey Jones
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	236
Edition:	2011 Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400715509
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	9400715501
Barcode:	9789400715509

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