Our stories, ourselves : the emBODYment of women's learning in literacy

Women's lives are often written on our bodies. Yet very little is made of the impacts of embodiment for women in literacy education, both learners and professionals. This volume presents the writings of 26 contributors--teachers, students, and administrators--who examine the rich terrain of per...

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Other Authors Miller, Mev (Editor), King, Kathleen P., 1958- (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2011.
SeriesAdult education special topics.
Subjects
Women > Education (Continuing education) > United States.
Literacy programs > United States.
Sex differences in education > United States.
Body image.
Education > Adult & Continuing Education.
Adult education, continuous learning.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806615971
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-640-7
Physical Description1 online resource (xx, 244 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Dedication and acknowledgments
  • Introduction / Mev Miller and Kathleen P. King
  • Section I. North--earth and body
  • Chapter 1. Four directions to the center of embodiment: Vignette 1--north: Earth and body--building a labyrinth / Mev Miller
  • Chapter 2. Pedagogy of the body / Dianne Ramdeholl
  • Chapter 3. Literacy as a journey to wholeness / Leslie Shelton
  • Chapter 4. Better self-esteem can create better health / Donna Jones
  • Chapter 5. Looking at you / Geraldine Cannon Becker
  • Chapter 6. Body as gateway to learning: Connecting, being, and wholeness / Judy Murphy
  • Section II. East--air and mind
  • Chapter 7. Four directions to the center of embodiment: Vignette 2--east: Air and mind--talking heads? / Mev Miller
  • Chapter 8. My body politic: Paying attention to the woman behind the curtain / Stacie Evans
  • Chapter 9. Reading the body's anthology / Lenore Balliro
  • Chapter 10. What makes the good girl good may not be good: Uncovering hypoactivity in the classroom / Gail Wood Miller
  • Chapter 11. Loud, clear, and visible: Immigrant women in new york city make altered books / Caryn T. Davis
  • Chapter 12. "we design our hair!" patsy medina and valerie akauola
  • Chapter 13. Call and response: A peruvian student and her American teacher in conversation about literacy and life / Tamara Kirson and Sonia Portugal
  • Section III. South--fire and spirit
  • Chapter 14. Four directions to the center of embodiment: Vignette 3--south: Fire and spirit--engaging spiritual dimensions in we learn / Mev Miller
  • Chapter 15. Shame's shadow: Shhh! Sheila stewart
  • Chapter 16. Finding voice: From relationship to literacy, the potential of women's literature study groups / Rosi Andrade and Sally J. Stevens
  • Chapter 17. 12 (corner) stones: A model for literacy, empowerment, and development / Carrie Boden McGill
  • Chapter 18. Embodyments of adult learning: Reflections on research and practice / Julia Zoino-Jeannetti
  • Chapter 19. Beauty shop literacies: Nikky finney and the sacred beauty hour / Alexis Pauline Gumbs
  • Chapter 20. Virtuous woman / Shemeka Peters
  • Section IV. West--water and emotion
  • Chapter 21. Four directions to the center of embodiment: Vignette 4--west: Water and emotion
  • Making sexuality and gender relevant / Mev Miller
  • Chapter 22. Time in a body / Lynn M. Trudeau
  • Chapter 23. Women's problems: Hysterectomy / Marie Doerner
  • Chapter 24. Homophobia in the classroom: One teacher's response / Cynthia Peters
  • Chapter 25. Coming out to students / Deborah Schwartz
  • Chapter 26. Different, but not less: Disability in women's learning / Kathleen P. King
  • Chapter 27. Shelley's story / Amy R. Trawick
  • About the contributors.

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