An unten(ur)able position: The politics of teaching for women of color in the US

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 368-398

  Agathangelou, Anna M ^a   Ling, L H M ^b  

^a Global Change Institute   (Cyprus)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Liberalism; Politics of tenure; Postcolonial critique; Power and knowledge; Priest Novitiate relations; Women of color

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444343147     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461674022000031562     Document Type: Review

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