Intersectionality and urban education : identities, policies, spaces, and power

• Other Authors: Grant, Carl A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc., [2014]
• Series: Urban education studies.
• Subjects: Education, Urban > Cross-cultural studies.; Multicultural education > Cross-cultural studies.; Education > Teaching > Subjects > Social Science.; Educational strategies and policy.; Teaching of a specific subject.; Educational: Social sciences, social studies.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806612222
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-734-5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 310 pages)

In urban education, "urban" is a floating signifier that is imbued with meaning, positive or negative by its users. "Urban" can be used to refer to both the geographical context of a city and a sense of "less than," most often in relation to race and/or socioeconomic st...